The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-07
ILLINOIS D. WINS
CONFERENCE MEET
For Second Consecutive Year lIlinoia
Wins Western intercollegiate
Track and Field
Meet.
NEW RECORDS HUNG UP

Henderson OF illinois Sets New
Mark in Half Mlie-WahI
Breaks High Jump
Mark.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, June 6.-Illinois Uni
versity this afternoon for the second
consecutive year won the western In
tercollegiate track and field meet at
Stagg field, scoring a total of As 7-12
points. Leland Stanford was second
with 231s; Chicago, third with 201s,
and Wisconsin fourth with 1914.
The other schools finished in this
order: Denver, 10; California 6; Pur-
due, l3; Colorado, 5; Ohio State
%; Northwestern, IS; Minnesota
IS; Notre Dame, 8; Iowa, IL; Colo
rado college. IL; Kansas. 2; Drake,
2; Missouri. 2; Coe, 2; Lake Forest, 2,
Oberlin. 1-3; and Nebraska u.
Illinois Took Every Lead.
Illinois athletes took command
Ing lead early in the meet and their
position was not seriously threatened
during the afternoon. They hung up
two new records. Leland Stanford,
here with crippled team, slowed a
flash of the winning streak when
they took the one mile and two mile
runs. But the lead of Illinois kept
them out of serious danger.
Fred Henderson of Illinois, winner
of the u mile run. and the biggest
point getter for the down state col
lege. brought the crowd TO their feet
when he broke the conference record
in the half mile and wen that event
from star field.
When the gun was fired for this
event, OsboHrne of Northwestern,
Bennett, OF Leland Stanford, and
Henderson jockeyed for position.
When they strung out at the first
turn. Bonnet was setting the pace
with Osbourne trailing him and Hen
derson still in the van
Henderson Wins at Finish.
At the last turn the three men
fought il inch by inch 1t was not
until they were forty feet from the
tape that Henderson gained the lead
that gave him the victory and hung
up the new conference record.
His time for the half mile was
ond the record made by Ira Daven-
port of Chicago, in 1910. Davenport's
record was 1.56 3-5.
Robert Wahi, of Wisconsin, hung
up the other new record 1t was in
the high jump. VAIL cleared the
bar at 6 feet, 11s inches, beating the
record of 6 feet, * inches made by w.
French of Kansas in 1910.
WahI Sets High Jump Mark.
VAIL had won the event by clear
ing the bar at 5 feet, II inches and
then asked for three trials to beat
the record. He made the new rec
ord in his second trial. The first
sensation of the day was the victory
Of Wilson of Stanford, who won the
mile from fast field. He negotiated
the distance in 4:23 Is, winning by
about ten feet.
A clear day and fast track raised |
he expectations of the crowd, but the |
events were disappointing. a /
leavy shower cleared the field about {
$50. The crowd numbered about s.
100.
100 yard dash-Won by Holman. |
Illinois; Barancik. Chicago. second;
Knight. Chicago, third; Bergman, /
Sotre Dame, fourth Time 10.
120 yard hurdls-Won by McKown,
illinois; Norton. Stanford, second:
Murray, Stanford, third; Bancker,
purdue, fourth. Time :15 4-5.
One mile run--Won by Wilson.
stanford; Harvey, Wisconsin, secondC
Chicago. third; Wrighc
Illinois. fourth. Time, 4:25 40.
40 yard dash-Won by Henderson,
Illinois: Sanders. Illinois. second;
line, Colorado, third; stegeman, Chi
ago, fourth Time so. 7
22J yard hurdles-Won by Murray,
stanford: Ward. Chicago, second; L
,fghler, Coe, third; Norton, Stanford,
ourth. Time rs.
22O yard dash-Won by BarancfK,
,hicayo: Holman, Illinois. second;
hearer. Drake. third; Knight, Chi
go, fourth. Time :22.
Half mile run-Won by Henderson,
linois: Osbourne, Northwestern. sec
nd: Bennett, Stanford, third; Tap