Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-18
RECORDS SMASHED
AT DRAKE MEET
Six Teams in One Event Cross Tape
Ahead of Previous Time in
Sixth Annual Affair.
CHICAGO LADS IN THE LEAD
nv r. $. HUNTER

DIES MONIES, Ia, April H.--(Special
TeleCram)- Guy Reeds quintet OF hope
ful sprintere encountered just little too
much class In the sixth annual Drake
relay meet hero today and were forced TO
beat a most ignominous retreat. The Nc
braske athletes were entered in but two
and, although they did not finish last In
either. 'he coveted places were far dis
tant at the finish.
Bates. Decring, Scott and Zumwinkle
constituted team in the half mile uni
versity relay. The going was consider
ably too fast for the cornhusker team
and when 2umwinkle finished he found
four men ahead OF him.
Chicago copied the event and three
Missouri valley colleges. Ames. Drake
and Missouri romped home in the order
named.
Chicago winner Disqualified.
Deering donned a large sweater coat
when the one-mile relay was called and
Guy Chamberlain. the foot ball star, took
his place in the HuslSer team. With nine
teams entered Nebraska came home
sixth. ahead NJ Illinois and Kansas. Chi
cago, the ninth team, was first in the
race. but disqualified because Desmond,
a darltown Splinter and hailed as sec
ond Howard Drew. forgot TO carry the
baton all the way.
Alonzo Stages young men proved TO be
the best OF the meet. The Cherry Circle
lads won first in the half mile and sec
ond In the four mile relay. II was merely
Desmond's 'Nerkle'' that resulted In the
loss OF second Win in the mile event.
Relay Records Broken.
Records were shattered ruthlessly by
the competing athletes. The day was
warm and the track hard and fast. In
the university class two relay records
were broken in the four events. The
Chicago team which was disqualified also
broke a record. But the disqualification
made it unofficial. In the four-mile uni
versity six teams made time better thar
the previous record
In all three college events new records
were established and one high schoo
record was busted
Fight to Finish.
The prettiest race of the day occurred
In the four-mile university with Wisconsin
and Michigan fighting for first place iron
the start to finish At no time did Tn
runners fall back more than ten zee
and when Carroll of Michigan and Har
ney of Wisconsin started the last Jap
= They were neck and neck. Carroll tool
! the lead and the pole and held It unit
the last go yards. when Harvey sum
moned all his strength and made one
the greatest sprints to the tape ever seei
5 at the Drake stadium. He came hom'
: with flying colors twenty yards In iron
of the Wolverine.
Campbell, running third for Chicago
also ran q wonderful race. When N
took the baton he was behind Kansas
Drake and Minnesota. He put on ours
of speed and passed ali three. giving nj
anchor man a chance to. finish IN tnn'
: position. r-.A .y, ~. ~...
Firat All the way.
; The two mile university was easii'
D Purdue's., East got the jump at the star
I for the Boiler1nakers, and at no I'm
was the lead threatened although os
4 borne made nice finish for Northwest
: ern and came in second.
: Stages men had no opposition In tn
' half-mile. The Missouri Valley schools
Z constituting the only other entrants ex
cept Iowa, which finished last. not beinI
in the class with the Big Nine teams
Z The last event on the program was tn
0 mile university, and it Yves thrilling
3 curtain. Missouri and Chicago battles
0 for supremacy at every point, and tn
9 iMissourians- had the lead until the las
0 lap, when the dusky-hued Desmond too
q tho race and beat Niedrop out severa
0 feet In HIS eagerness to win Desmon
. lost the baton and was disqualified. CIV
/ ing Missouri the only first place made b
the Missouri Valley school.
Races Most Interesting.
Some mighty interesting racing wa
9 staged by the college teams. In the one
!. mile college Cot won after a desperat
: battle with Grinnell Des Moines wa
? third and Cornell fourth -r
:, Morningside had things its own wa
a in the two-niile, with Carleton an cas-
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