Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-23
BADGERS CARRY
OFF DRAKE MEET
Wisconsin Sprinters Prove Too
Speedy for Midwest
Athletes.
NEBRASKA DOES NOT COMPETE

y tftilhi nut also aHhlleftu inc WoIln d
record for tho half-mlle relay
The Radger team clipped or the $50
\ yards III i,2sh. The fbrmer record, held
by Chicago was POS, made at ST Louis.
Wisconsn's athletes had an easy time
/ capturing the meet Tommy Jones' crack
/ four-mic team Morrill,, Bensh schurdt
and Harvey started the Bcdgor rush
BY winning the four-milo relay IN easy
fashion They also established new
Drake relay record for this distance by
capturing the quartet Of miles IN is.03ss.
Merrill got away to a flying start and
gave his teammates good lead. which
they easily held
Michigan finished second 100 yards be.
hind Harvey. Wisconsln's last man Chi
cago finished third
Z worI, Ahead of stIehm.
Indiana was the particular victim in
! the fonr-mile battle. Both Wisconsin
and Michigan Tapped the 1loosIcrs, and
Wallace. the anchor man, quit In die.
gust before tho race was over. This
shows the Kind Of school siehm jumped
Nebrafka for.
Wisconsin followed up the advantage
earned IN thc four-mHo by praneng
home yictor IN The half.mlo The
Illinois team gave the Bedgers hard
fight for the race and Peterson. Casey,
Smith and Carter, Tho Wisconsin team,
werc forced 10 establish tho new worldis
record 10 win. Notro Dame was third
IN tho race
badgers Upset All Dope.
Inc flnal race on the program the
onc-milo race, was the third Wisconsin
/ Victory The Bndgera upset the dope
IN this event ms Chicago was expected
to cop Il In easy fashion. But tho
Badgers were too fast. They sprlnted
the distance in 322ss. cutting the Drake
stadium record two seconds. Dlsmont
made great finish for Chicago ana
managed to beat Missouri out OF sevond
place but he could not catch up with
Smith, who was running last for Wis.
consin
Purdue Won The only other first in the
university division Tkia was the two
mile event. Purdue had no opposition In
this race and won handlly In tho slow
time OF S.O4zs.
Fastest sDrinfcrs Compete.
The prettIest race OF the afternoon was
7 he special invitation 220-yard dash. seven
Of the fastest sprinters IN the country
Barker Of Northwestern, Carter OF wis.
consin, Pershing Of Chicago, Ilopman OF
Illinois, Iioyt OF Grinnell, shearor OF
Drake and Smith OF Michigan took part
In this race.
Charles Hoyt, a cadayerous corn-fed
Hawkeye, who Is learning the arts ana
sciences at GrlnnolI college Of this state,
logged home victor with Hopman OF
Illinois second and shoaror OF Drake
third. fIoyt knocked off tho dash In
2lssseconds. and every mah In the race
covered the distance IN 22h seconds or
better Hoyts time is the best ever made
In tho widdle NEST.
Minnesota Wins Easily.
Ihee mile college race went TO Hamin
college. The Minnesota crew scrambled
the distance IN 83lB for an easy victory.
with Cornell second and Coe third
Morningslde repeated its victory OF 1915
IN tho two-mlle college event Cornell
was q punk second and South Dakota
wesleyan trailed for third position. Morn
inBslde's time was s.152s
The one=mlle college relay was A plppin
OF a race, which was captured by Grin.
nell in wonderful finish by Hoyt. the
man who won the 200 dash Hamlin was
leading when the fourth and final lap
started, with Hoyt carrying the batch for
Grnnell and Cummings for Hamln. Ioyt
picked up the lost distance and twenty
yards from the finish line passed Cum
mings and won tho event.
Intcrsch elastic Events.
lnterspersed between the university and
college relay We're a number OF inter-
scholastic events The first high school
event, was a half mile relay which was
Won by Fort Dodge, with East Des Moines
and West Des Molnes third. Tho two
mite high school relay was won by Mar
shalltoRn, with Fort Dodge second and
lndianola third, while tho auo-mlle WIS
won by Fast Des Moines. with Corydon
second and West pes Moines third.
The shuttle and medley high school
races were winners with the crowd. The
shuttle race wps won by West Des
MONIES. with Cedar Rapids second and
North Dies Moinos third while Wehater
CITY wnu The medley with Newton see
ond and Algona third Webster CITY made
nov Drake record in the medley run.
ming the rare In g.A seeapds ellpnirs,
aauen second. fs,,,. ~. -
The only entry In the games from Ne
hraska Vas Nebraska Wesleyan coscb
mile college, ., ~i 'q Tss lo N tn. No. h ~,
i 'a.' taf Che co'rhaskers. who finished
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