Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-09
MANY new MARKS
IN TRACK MEETS
College Athletes Close One of Most
Successful Seasons in History OF
Sport June 3.

New York, June Exceptional per-
fOrmanCes have been the rule in the
intercollegiate track and field meets
during the season which closed with
the Western Conference games at Chi
cago on June 3. New records were
frequent not only from the various as
sociation standpOints, but national and
international as well. Meredith Of
Pennsylvania, Simpson of Missouri.
Murray of California, DESMOND of Chi
cago, Mucks of Wisconsin and several
others starred during the spring in the
role Of record breakers
With this unusual collection of ath
letes. from the Pacific coast, east and
middle west. competing, comparison
of the results at the championship
meets is of more than ordinary inter
est. A triangular contest between the
winners of the Pacific, western and
eastern title games would produce
such close finishes that any forecast
Of the result would be at best mere
guessing. This is clearly shown by a
comparison of the times or distances
Of the winners in the intercollegiate
and conference games held respective
ly on May q at Cambridge, Mass, and
June 8 at Chicago, H. The situation
is further complicated by the fact that
Michigan, middle western university,
was represented at the eastern meet,
while the Pacific coast was represent
ed at both games.
Smith of Michigan and his namesake
from Wisconsin won the hundred" in
/ 10 fiat at the eastern and western
meets respectively. In the 220, Moore
of Princeton and Smith of Wisconsin
also tied so far as time is concerned
with q 3-5. A third tie occurred in
the 400 Meredith of Pennsylvania, and
DESMOND, both running the quarted in
| At %, a new worlds record 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
I'm 53s, while Scott Of Missouri A. c.
was fifth Of a second slower at Evan
/ stOn.
An even break of honors occurred in
| the longer distance races, Windnagle
of Cornell winning the intercollegiate
mile in Am 15s, to MasOn's conference
victory in Am 30 los. Stout of Chica-
go was faster in the two mile thar
| Potter Of Cornell, the respective times
being Staut, 9m 30 3-5s; Potter On
80 2-5S. The east was entirely out
cIassed IN the hurdle races Murray
| of California won tho iptarcoIIopiat :
events with 15s for the 100 and "a l.
for the 220. while Simpson of Missouri
won over the high hurdles in IA 3-5E
and the low in 90 ass.
In the high and broad jumps the ia
bles were reversed as Oler of Yale
cleared the bar at Cambridge at 6f
"a in, while Fisher of Chicago leapeC
eft 112in at the conference games
Worthington of Dartmouth broat
jumped 24ft a in at the eastern con
tests: Plogue of Illinois doing oft III
in the west. Foss of Cornell was eigh
inches better in the pole vault than The
quartet Of vaulters who tied at lift il
the conference event. Guldersleeve o
California won both the eastern ant
western hammer throwing competi
tons with throws Of 155ft lin and 1887
Sin, respectively. Liversedge of Cali
fornia took the intercollegiate shot-pu
title with put of 46ft 21ain. and ais;
won the conference event with AT
5in, but was disqualified upon an elig
Utility rule and the first place awardet
to Mucks of Wisconsin with a put 0
46ft Sin.