The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-06
WISCONSIN WINS
ON SINGLE POINT
Maroons Nosed Out Of First Place
by Badgers In Meet in Which
Conference Records Are
Shattered
SEVEN MARKS LOWERED
Pace Is 80 Hot That Final Event is
Necessary to Proclaim
Winner Of Meet
Yesterday.

iI1lANI rIIl<b, ORbaX<A, ILL.,, june
5-Seven conference records were
smashed and two others were tied in
the annual meet Of the Western In.
tercoliegiate Athletic association here
this afternoon.
points, crowding out Chicago with 81.
Wisconsin won by piling up large
number of seconds and thirds, though
Mucks took two firsts.
The race between Chicago and Wis
oonsin was close from the start and
not until Wisconsin had got three
points as second in the relay race was
the result determined. Even the FIVE
points taken by Chicago in the final
event could not overcome the Wiscon-
sin margin.
Wisconsin. So: Chicago, 81; Mis-
souri,. 81: Illinois, 1S; Depauw, 49,;
Notre Dame, 8; Northwestern, a;
Lake Forest, 5; Minnesota. 4; Purdue,
A; Cole. 81; Ohio, 8; Ames, g. Iowa,
21s; South Dakota, 1; Michigan Ag.
sies, /; Kansas 1.
The Chicago Wisconsin battls, was
bitterly fought from the start and the
soul racking expectancy was not end
ed until the relay race was run, clos.
ing the meet Had Wisconsin won
that event, securing five instead Of
three points which second place gave
her, she would have taken the honors
by nearly three points.
Records arc Lowered.
Simpson of Missouri, lowered by
one-fifth OF second the 100 yard
hurdles record formerly held by Mich
olas of Missouri. BY 1 1-5 seconds he
smashed the 220 yard hurdles record
held by Fletcher Of Notre Dame.
Ivan Meyers of Depauw ran mile
in So seconds less than the record
Of Baker of Oberlin.
Campbell of Chicago, took two sec.
onds off the half mile record of Hen
derson OF Illinois.
Mason of Illinois, lowered the rec
ord of Metcalfe OF Oberlin for the
two mile run by 9 seconds. He was
forced to this tremendous feat by
Watson of Minnesota who crowded
him to his full speed for the first
time in his career.
Stiles of Wisconsin broad jumped
SA inches farther than Allen Of Cali.
fornia.
Chicago's Relay Breaks Record.
Chicago's relay squad made better
time by l SO seconds than Illinois or
Leland Stanford which had been tied
for the record honor.
Ward and knight Of Chicago equal.
led the 100 yard dash record Of Blair
Of Chicago; and Ward equalled the
22O yard record Of Hahn of Michigan.
Illinois might have scored higher II
Coach Gill had ventured to risk
Mason in the mile. instead of saving
him for the two mile, as he decided to
do at the last moment 1t is prob
able, however, that he then would
have lost the two mile to Watson.
Individual Point Winners.
Honors for Individual point winning
were tied between two men, with ten
points each. Each took two firsts-
Mucks of Wisconsin, the discus throw
and the shot put; Simpson of Mis-
souri, the two hurdles. Ward of Chi.
cago came close with five points in
the 220 yard dash and four in the
yard, in which he tied his
team mate Knight. Few other men
were able to get more than five.
No meet in the history Of the big
nine has seen SO many shattered rec.
ords. Only six we're not equalled. In
few previous years also has the meet
Eeen won by so low score. Chicago
won in 1908 with "a points and Leland
Stanford split with Notre Dame in
1910 with II each. Michigan in 1906
took SO As points
Diamond, the Chicago negro lad,
who ran well in the trials yesterday,
had trouble in the race today, being
pocketed at the start but was able to
round his opponents and win the quar-.
ter mile. Brathed of Chicago who
also Was first in trial heat yesterday,
was unable to place.