South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-06
Sucker Track
Men Down ND.
3 Marks Broken


yesterday afternoon. The Hoosier
baseball team had little trouble de-
feating Purdue. 3 20 3. but the trac (
team fell before Illinois. SO 7-12 tc
81 SIP.
Despite the cold wind which
swept over the field throughout the
track meet three local track records
were broken. Eddie Meehan
smashed "Joie" Rays mark in the
mile. running the distance in
1870 Is. Rays record was 4:31 As.
Sphinx Of Illinois won the quarter in
Sol seconds. breaking Devine's
mark Of 81 Is, and Kasper Of No
tire Dame took the half in 1853 40.
The old record for the half was
1853 Is. held by Sheldon Of Michi-
gan Agricultural college.
Field Events Easy.
Illinois one-sided wins in all OF
the field events but the shot-put and
discus and her strength in the
dashes. hurdles and the twO-mile
run accounted for the victory. GilPs
men made a grand slam in the jave-
lin. MOngrieg taking first place
with the exceptional throw of 1S1
feet. > inches. In the broad jump.
the two-mile and the hammer throw
the orange and blue scored one-two.
In the pole vault two Illinoisans tied
for first and another tied with
three Notre Dame men for third
place.
The quarter-mile and half-mile
faces were the feature events Of the
day. Sphinx grabbed the lead at the
outset Of the quarter and held it all
the way Kasper and capt Miller.
who was fatigued as the result Of
competing i'm the 100 and 22O yards
previously. made strong finish,
however and the winner was in
doubt until the last few yards. In
the half-mile race. Kasper and
Meehan forged 10 the front on the
home stretch and finished one-two.
after one of the prettiest finishes
ever seen on the local track
Capt. Ames Stars.
Capt Ames. Hustled and Ben
nett were Illinois scoring stars,
while Bachman, Meehan and Kas-
per led in point-making for Notre
Dame. Ames won both Of the hur-
die races and tied for third in the
high jump. Hustled took seconds in
the shOt-put. the discus and the
hammer throw. and Bennett won
the hammer throw and took third
in each the discus and javelin.
Bachman won the shot-put and the
discus and COPIED third in the ham,
mer. Meehan took first i'm the mile
and second in the half, while Eas-
per won the half and grabbed sec
Notre Dame competed in four
events. He took second in the 22O-
yard dash. third in the 400 and
third in the broad jump.
The cold and the heavy wind
kept down the marks in some Of
the field events, but the track per-
formances Of the competing athletes
were excellent. Had il not been
for the adverse weather conditions.
however it is probable that more
records would have been broken.
Summaries:
100-yard dash-Won by Carroll,
illinois,; Mulligan. Notre Dame, sec
ond; Field, Illinois, third. Time
10 1-5 seconds.
Pole vault-Lang and Pierce of
Illinois tied for first; Yeager. Nc
Kenna and Edgren of Notre Dame
and Carman Of Illinois tied for
third. Heighth-10 feet. inches.
One-mile run-Won by Meehan.
Notre Dame; Carlson. Illinois. sec
ond; Noonan. Notre Dame, third.
Time-4;3O As.
Shot-put-Won by Bachman. No
ire Dame; Hustled. Illinois. second !:
Frantz. Notre Dame, third. Dis
tance-43 feet. inches.
22O-yard dash-Won by Field. IL
hnois; Miller, Notre Dame, second;
Carroll. Illinois. third. Time
% As seconds.
High jump-Won by Webster. Il
linois; Douglas Notre Dame, sec
ond; DOnahue and Sheibelhut. Notre
Dame. and Ames. Illinois. tied for
third Heighth-5 feet, 9 inches.
120-yard high hurdles-Won by
Ames, Illinois: Kirkland. Notre
Dame, second; Starrett. Notre Dame.
third. Time-16 seconds.
Discus throw-Non 6y Bachman.
Notre Dame: Hustled. Illinois, sec
ond; Bennett. Illinois. third. Dis
tance-135 feet, 8 inches.
440-yard dash-Won by Sphinx. IL
linois: Kasper. Notre Dame. second
Miller. Notre Dame, third. Time
50 1-5 seconds.
Hammer throw-V on by Bennett.
Illinois; Hustled, Illinois. second:
Bachman. Notre Dame. third Dis
tance-13S feet, u inches.
Two mile run-Won by NcKin-
ney. Illinois; Stead. Illinois. second:
Call, Notre Dame. third. Time
1915 Is.
Running broad jump-Won by