Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
ILLINOIS IS winner.
Has Lead of Al IL Points in
Conference Track Meet.
GREAT FINISH IN 22O EVENT
Napkin Would Have Covered Con.
testants at Tape-Many Cruel
ing Struggles.

RANDALL FIELD. June THE Uni
versity of Illinois won the thirteenth an
nual conference track meet at Randall
Field this afternoon with 471a points. The
Illinois won firsts in five events. includ-
ing the relay. and scored in nearly every
event
Thirteen men started in the mile run
j. n. Dupre of Ohio State took the lead
after the first furlong and chung TO it
until Thorsen Of Northwestern caught
him. The two ran step for step for 200
yards. when Thorsen gradually stepped
out in front and led until the tn ee-
quarter point. Then Wood of California
shot into the van and ran away from
the bunch, finishing forty-five yards in
front of Thorsen. California was cheered
Justify for making the first five points.
Illinois scored ten points In the quarter.
as was expected when the preiiminaries
yesterday found three Champaign stars
qualified Cortis. Sanders and Hunter
finished in the order named. but the pref
test race of the day to that time was
furnished by Bassetts effort in the last
few yards to catch Hunter. The Wiscon-
sin man was but hairs breadth behind
at the tape.
A feature race of the day was the
brush in the 22O-yard preliminaries
between knudson Of Wisconsin. Ward
of Chicago and Apologize of Purdue.
A big napkin would have covered the
three as they burst through the tape.
and the time of % seconds, made In
the face of a strong wind. testified
to the keenness of the struggle.
Pole Vault Mark Broken.
The conference record in the pole
vault was smashed by John X. Gold
of Wisconsin before the event was fin
ished. He passed II feet Sk inches.
beating the mark made in 1906 by
Samse of Indiana, which was Il feet
IA inches. Gold then tried three
feet 2 inches but the stands rocked
with the Wisconsin yell as his new
record was announced.
East's victory in the half-mile was
made after grueling struggle with
Henderson. The Illinois man led to
within ten yards Of the finish line.
where by burst of speed the Purdue
runner headed him and won BY less
than a foot.
Shattuck of California set new
conference record I'm hammer throw.
with heave of 100 feet inches. The
old mark was made by H. J. Thomas
Of Purdue in 1904. 1t was 101 feet
inch
The two-mile run brought field of
eleven hut the men were strung out
for more than an eighth of mile
when they entered the last lap
Kraft of Northwestern was in the lead
then and extended the distance be-
tween him and Criswell OF ohio until
at the finish he was ten yards in front.
Final points: Illinois, an: Wiscon-
Sin. 2s1s; Missouri, 14is: Minnesota.
s: Purdue, S: California, 10: iowa. . z !;
Chicago, 17R: Notre Dame. . Kan
sas. g. Wabash. 4. Ohio state, 4;
Northwestern. 912.
Two conference records were broken.
Geld of Wisconsin setting new marx
of IL feet 81. inches in the pole vault.
and Shattuck of California pushing the
hammer $50 feet inches. Shattuck
throw was within three feet OF the
eastern intercollegiate record ana
would have been further had the
weather not chilled the Californian.
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