The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
Speed and Drawn in Annual
Track Contest.
Eighth Annual Conflict of Col
lege Association.
STATE RECORDS IN DANGER
Some We're Equaled During
Preliminary Tests.
McGinnis of Pittsburg Won
1OO-Yard Dash in Finals.

McGinnis, of the Pittsburg manual
training school. won the 100 yard dash
as the first final event of the eighth
annual track and field meet of the Kan
sas Intercollegiate association this af-
ternoon. His time was 10 As seconds.
lie MADE the same distance in 10 2-5
seconds during the preliminary heats.
The state record is 40.
Hancock of the State Agriculture
college was second; Parker of Baker was
third; Randall of Southwestern, was
fourth and Gates of the agricultural
college was fifth
A surprise was sprung this morning
In the preliminaries of the eighth an
nual track and field meet of the Kan
sas intercollegiate Athletic associa-
ton.
McGinnis of the Manual Training
Normal school of Pittsburg tied the
state record of % as seconds in the
22o yard dash. He led the second
man in his heat by nearly five yards.
The state record is credited to Tice of
Washburn, who was the track star
for the local college in 1907.
Granger of the College of Emporia
is expected to make a great showing
in the finals. 1t is claimed that in
practice recently, he covered the dis
lance of 220 yards in % seconds. The
winner was Hancock of the Kansas
State Agricultural college, whose time
was % seconds. The second man in
the heat was Randall of Southwestern.
McGinnis also won first place in the
first heat in the 100-yard dash. His
time was o 3-5 seconds. Gates of the
State Agricultural college made the
same time in the second heat. The
state record is As seconds, made by
Christian of the State Agricultural
college in 1911.
The best time in the 120-yard high hur-
dies was made by Martin of Baker. He
led by a margin of several yards in the
of
Human of Paramount college was first
man in the second heat. His time was
II 2-5 seconds The state record is 16 3-5
seconds.
Parker of Baker almost equalled the
state record in the first heat of the 220-
yard low hurdle. His time was 26 is sec
ty-six seconds. The second heat in this
event was run in q is seconds by WEIGH
of the Kansas State Agricultural college
Several men tied for first place in the
pole vault in the preliminaries. They
were: Human of Paramount college, Nc
Cleary of the Manual Training School of
Pittsburg, Wood of Baker, Young of K.
S. A. C., Robinson of Southwestern
Pomeroy of the Pittsburg Manual Train
ing School
Marble of K. S. A. c. made the best
showing in the shot put preliminaries
Rogers of Washburn qualified for the
finals.
In discus throwing the best showing in
the preliminaries was made by Lea-kley of
Southwestern. Rogers of Washburn col
In the preliminaries the representatives
from the Pittsburg Manual Training
school, Baker, and the State Agricultural
college made the best showing.
Two hundred athletes were scheduled to
compete in the events. A few of them did
not show up, but at that there was good
representation from each college. The
competing institutions of learning were:
Baker, Bethany college, College of En-
poria, Cooper college, Paramount. K. S. A
G, KANSAS State Normal. Pittsburg Man
ual Training school, Southwestern, and
Washburn college.
RIOTERS accompanied the respective
teams of athletes, Baker and the State
Normal being particularly well repre-
scented.