University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1916-03-27
DAGGYS GAME RACE
SET THE CROWD WILD
Cheering for Tiger in Relay
Unequalled in History of
St. Louis Meets.
PICKED UP 10 YARDS
Simpson Again Tied a Worlds
Hurdle Record Notes
of the Contest.
PICKED UP 10 YARDS

Never IN ST. LOUIS track meet hdo
a man been cheered as was Daggy in
the second lap of the Missouri-kansas
relay at the NJ. A. A. meet Saturday
night. The little Tiger runner got
off fully ten yards behind his Kansas
opponent. At the end of the first lap
he had lessened the distance, but few
Thought that he would be able to gain
any more At the end of the second
lap he had cut the distance down to
five wards and when the audience real
lied how gamely he was trying to
overtake his opponent he was cheered
loudly With only half lap to go
raggy was still a few feet behind.
There was a din of cheering. AS the
little Tiger finished his quarter
abreast of the Jayhawker, the crowd
broke loose in an even greater tu-
multi. st. Louis newspaper men said
it was the greatest quarter ever seen
in st. Louis.
Grant Wyatt, running the third
quarter of the relay, gained rapidly in
the first part, but was unable to hold
his lead. Fifty yards from the finish
he was in the lead, but the Kansas
man overlook him and they finished
even. Pittman got off to poor start
and Rodkey dashed into a four-yard
lead Pittnan ran a good race, but
could not lessen the distance.
Wcrld Hurdle Record Tied.
Though few realized at at the time,
the worlds indoor high hurdle record
was twice tied during the evening.
Simpson tied it when he won the fl /
nails in 6 1-5 seconds, and Goelitz of |
the c. 4. A. tied it in his preliminary |
heat. He was unable to repeat in
the finals. No low hurdles were run.
Next to Daggy's rn, hing in the
relay, the prettiest exhibition of the
evening came in the finals OF the so
yard invitation dash. 1t was evident |
from the start that the race lay be-
tween 10 Loomis, national sprint
champion, and Irwin Mahl, the young .
Columbian A. c. star When three
yards from the finish Looms and |
Mahl both leaped for the tape.
To the audience it looked like a
tie and it took the judges over five
minutes to decide that Loomis had
eno nd i'm,
a fraction of an inch ahead of his
young rival. In this race Loomis set
a new worlds record for the indoor
50-yard dash and tied the outdoor
record of Is seconds. The old rec
ord was held by knight of Chicago.
Meredith Ran Against Time.
Everyone was disappointed in not
seeing Daggy and Campbell run
against Ted Meredith. co-holder of
the worlds 44O record of AZ seconds.
Coaches Schultz of Missouri and
Hamilton of Kansas decided to with
draw their men because of the re-
lay which came shortly afterward.
Meredith ran an exhibition race in 81
2-5 seconds.
Simpson was withdrawn from the
50-yard invitation in order to be fresh
for the hurdles. A number of Mis-
souri, men were withdrawn from diff
ferent events in order to be fresh for
others. Renick. the only Missouri
man to enter the 50-yard dash. won
his preliminary but could not place
in the finals.
Most of the officials were former
track stars. Among them were Guy
Kirksey, who used to chalk up five
points a meet for the Tigers in the
low hurdles; Wilbur Hutsell, assistant
director of athletics in the NJ. A. A.,
and Ollie Keller, former captain of
Cornell and at one time one of the
worlds best sprinters. Tom Watts,
promoter of the meet, decided to /;
make it swell affair" so he had
all the officials garbed in full dress.
Aonther looked-for race that was
called off was the special match be-
tween Ted Meredith and Binga Dis
mond, the University of Chicago ne
gro. Coach Stagg refused to allow
Binga to race Meredith because of the
Illicois-Chicago relay.
Floyd Won Second. t
Though Prof" Floyd only got Sec
ond place in the pole vault. he cleared ,
the bar as high as Knourek. who won t
first Both men were tied at l. feet
6 inches. but Knourek won in the l
jump-off. 3
Pittman had an off night in the high ,
jump He went out at feet 10 Il
inches. I
One of the features of the evening |
was the grammar school relay In
this event boys ranging from to 5
IA years old were entered and not S
one of them had a real track suit a
Some had bathing suits, some had or v
dinarv trousers and bathing shirts I