Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-26
S00NERS VICT0RS IN
ALL TRACK CONTESTS
Best Season In History of Univer
sity; Won Southwestern Con
ference.
OVERWHELMED THE AGGlES
Beat University, OF Texas; Soutar
Had But One Letter Man
TO Work With.
Special to The World,

Special to The World
NORMAN Okla. May 25--By
making clean sweep OF all its
meets the University OF Oklahoma
track team established the most re-
nlarkable record in the history OF
that branch OF athletes in the uni
versity.
The Sooners won the southwest
conference and Oklahoma intercol-
legiate meets and defeated the OK
lahoma a. g. NJ college and the Uni
versity Of Texas in dual contests.
All victories were attained by decis-
i've scores.
Only one record was broken, by a
member OF the team but it had sew
eral sensational performers and in
addition was an exceedingly we'll
balanced squad w. J. Holleman OF
Sugler, now in the army, ran the
44O yards in 81 is seconds In the
dual meet with Texas, one-fifth OF
a second lower than the old record.
Credit 10 soutar.
Much Of the credit for the sue
cess Of the team is given here TO
Coach r. G. Soutar. Most or the
men were freshmen; only one held
Il tIhth - lOI pbANtE WVii III PiN
vious meets About IS men won
places in the various meets.
In the opening Of the season the
Sooners swamped Texas IA to 35.
In the second dual contest, Oklaho-
ma overwhelmed the Aggies 93 10
IS. In the third, the southwest
meet, Oklahoma counted So l,8 10
26 for its nearest competitor and
in the final, the state intercollegiate,
Oklahoma piled up 73 Ia to 81 lS
for the second team.
In the four meets Oklahoma won
3s first places, an average of nine
and one-half, The team piled up
303 "a points in the four meets out
of a total OF ASS awarded.
MCGEE Individual Star.
Frank McGee OF Hennessey wal
the individual star man OF the team
He won all-around honors in three
of the meets and was tied for high
place in the fourth. He won tht
10O-yard dash and 220-yard low hur
die races in every meet he entered
and won the 220yard dash in thre,
of the four meets McGee's bes
time in the 100-yard dash was II
Is seconds Jackson OF the Aggie!
was credited with having run tn,
century in ten flat, but when tn,
two competed MoGee defeated. the
Aggie man by ak feet.
McGee's time Of % seconds wal
the best made in the state in th'
220yard dash and his mark Of 2t
l5 was the best made In the low
hurdles These also were the bes
southwestern marks.
Holleman's record in the Iuartei
was the best in the southwest ant
Miller set up the best mark In tht
half mile in this section Of the coun
try. II was 2 minutes. 4 3-5 sec.
onds. Oklahoma milers were never
able to capture more than second
place but in the two-mile run Vahl.
burg's time of 10 minutes, AZ Is
seconds was the best In the south
west
Several Other Stars.
Stages made the best TING in ~
state in the high hurdles but he was
beaten by Moss OF Texas on time
Stages best time was II seconds
flat. Boyle's Jump of Fl feet and
9 inches, was the best made in the
southwest this year and o Fisher
led the state jumpers with S feet,
10 5's inches Thing vaulted I 0 feet
and inches, the best in the south
west
Marvins mark OF Isl feet. 2 I q
inches was the best OF the iavelin
hurlers but Shaw and Burchtiel
bowed to Bottger Of the Aggies In
the shot and discus
Holleman and Brewster of the
team already are In military service
Shaw will graduate this spring and
possibly others Will enter the army
this spring but II they return 70
school l6 men, MCGEE, Burehfiei'
Marvin, Hufbauer Boyle, Thing,
Reed. Fisher, Callahan, Vahlbprs,
Rural, Mcclure, Miller. Taylor,
Stages and Terry viii be available
next year.