The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-11
BY Athletes from the Pacific
Coast, Middle West
and East.

NEW YORK, june lu.-Exccpt!on-
al performances have been the rule
In the intercollegiate track and AeId
meets during the season which closed
with the Western Conference games
at Chicago. New records were FREE
Quent not only from the various as
ISOLATION s~tandpoints but national
and international as we'll. Meredith,
OF Pennsylvania; Simpson, OF Mis-
souri,; Murray, of California; Dis
mond, Of Chicago: Mucks, OF WIscon-
sin, and several others starred dur
ing the spring in the role Of record
breakers.
With the unusual collection OF ath-
letes, from the Pacific coast. East and
Middle West, competing. a compari-
son OF the results at the champion
ship meets is Of more than ordinary
interest. A triangular contest be-
tween the winners OF the Pacific,
western and eastern title games
would produce such close finishes
that any forecast OF the result would
be at beat mere guessing. This is
clearly shown by a comparison Of the
times or distances OF the winners in
the intercollegiate and Conference
games held respectively on May 27
at Cambridge. A,Iss.. and June 3. at
Chicago, Ill. TAe situation is further
complicated by the fact that Michi-
gan. a middle western university. was
represented at the eastern meet while
the Pacific coast was represented at
both games.
Smith. OF Michigan, and his name
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dred" In ten seconds fiat at the east
ern and western meets respectively.
In the 220. Moore. OF Princeton. and
Smith, Of Wisconsin, also tied so far
as time Is concerned, with Fl 3-5
seconds. A third tie occurred in the
$40, Meredith. OF Pennsylvania. and
DismOnd. both running the quarter
in ~ 2-6 seconds, a new worlds rec
ord for a race around one turn. The
first break in the series OF ties Is
found in the $50 which Meredith won
at Cambridge in one minute and If
ty-thre seconds. while Scott. OF Mis-
souri, a. C.-was a nth Of a second
slower at Evanston.
An even break of honors occurred
in the longer distance races: Wind
maggie OF Cornell, winning the Inter
collegiate mile in four minutes and
fifteen seconds, to Mason's Confer
ace victory in four minutes and
twenty and one-ffth seconds. Stout.
OF Chicago, was faster in the two mile
than Potter, Of Cornell, the respective
times being, Stout. . minutes 3-5
seconds; Potter. 9 minutes 80 2-5 Sec
onds. The East was entirely out
classed in the hurdle races. Murray,
Of California, won the intercollegiate
vents with Is seconds for the 100
and "a 1-5 seconds for the 220 while
Simpson, Of Missouri. won over the
high hurdles in IA 3-5 seconds and
the low in % AS seconds.
In the high and broad jumps the
tables were reversed as Oler. OF Yale,
cleared the bar at Cambridge. at 6
feet, 2 IA inches, while Fisher. Of
Chicago, leaped 6 feet. l Ia inches
at the Conference games. WOrthinS-
ton. OF Dartmouth, broad jumped "a
feet l-3 inch at the eastern contests;
Pogue. OF Illinois, doing % feet, l-2
inch in the West. Foss. Of Cornell.
was eight inches better in the pole
vault than the quartet of vaulterq
who tied at IL feet in the Conference
event. Glldersleeve. OF California.
won both the eastern and western
hammer throwing competitions with
throws OF l55 feet. l inch and 1873
feet. 8 inches. respectively. Liver
sedge, of California. took the Inter
collegiate shot-put title with a put OF
46 feet. 2 l-2 inches and also won the
Conference event with ~ feet, 5 inch
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gIbllIty rule and the first place award
cd to Mucks. Of Wisconsin. with a put
OF &C feet, S inches.