Bisbee daily review., 1919-03-23
MICHIGAN DEFEATS
 CHICAGO IN HOTLY CONTESTED EVENTS
Maintains Slight Lead Diff culty in Annual Conference Championship Indoor Track and Field Clash
(By RevIew Leased wIrel

CHICAGO, March 22.-Scoring in every one of the ten events, the well balanced team of the University of Michigan tonight won the western conference indoor track and field championship with total of 36 1-2 points Chicago was second with S4 1-2 and Illinois third with 1S
 The remaining points were split up as follows:
 Northwestern, 13; Purdue, 1-2; Minnesota, 2; Iowa, 1-2, and Wiscon- sin, l. The victory was repetition of ittss Wolverine triumph in the event year ago.
 The meet was a bitter fight between Chicago and Michigan, traditional ath- . letic rivals in the west The teams lalternated in taking the lead and be-
 Ge the relay, the last event, Mich -an led by four points. Chicago won =the relay but Michigan finished sec ond which gave the championship , honors to the maize and blue athletes. ! Carl E. Johnson of Spokane, Wash, the 20-year-old ''ace" of the Michigan squad was the individual star of the meet. scoring Is of his teams points. ne Dd6ScQ a N4CtOLl III lnC Oo-g dA0 dash breaking the tape in :05 2-5. The mark tied the worlds indoor record He won the 6e-yard hurdles race in ming high jump with leap of 5 feet Il inches.
 The meet developed several spirited races, but the thriller was the two miles event in which Harry McCOsh, -E of r. ed Sedgewick of Michigan in re- markable finish at the tape McCosh nosed out the Wolverine by a scant two inches after Sedgewick had led practically all the way in the last mile
 Over confidence lost the race for Sedgewick- He made no effort to in- crease his speed in the last few yards and McCosh came into the stretch at a sprint, which gave him the victory.
 diary Elisen of Northwestern, who VI | football fame at the Great Lakes Nzval Training station, upset predic- tions in the pole vault, clearing the bar at I2 feet f inches Biekert Of Illinois defeated Cross of Michigan thafavorite for second place
 One mile run: Won by M. c. Gosh, Chicago; Long, Chicago, second; Gas key, Illinois, third; Bouma, Michigan, fourth Time, 4:40.
 Fifty-yard dash: Won by Johnson, Michigan; Carroll. Illinois, second; Cook. Michigan, third; Mills, Illinois, fourth. Time, :O5 2-5. Cries worlds record).
 440-yard run: Won by Kennedy, Chicago; Emery, Illinois, second; But Tr-d- h. western, fourth Time, :53 4-5-
 sO-yard hurdles: Won by Johnson, Michigan; Hamilton, Northwestern, second; Jensen, Minnesota, third; Zimmerman, Illinois, fourth Time, :Os.
 Two-mile run: Won by MeCOsh, Chi cago; Sedgewick. second; Moore, Chi cago, third; Burr, Wisconsin, fourth Time, 9:4S-
 Pole vault: Won by Eicleson, Northwestern, F feet inches; Buch- eft, Illinois, 12 feet 2 inches, second; Weibout and Cross, Michigan, tied for third, Il feet S inches
 Halfmile run: Won by Speer, Chi cago; Lewis, Chicago, second; Martin, Illinois, third; BirksOlder, Michigan fourth Time, 2:04.
 Running high jump: Won by John- son, Michigan, feet Il inches; Linn, Northwestern, feet 10 inches, sec Aond; Wegherst, Purdue. Brigham, tied sor third at 5 feet g inches ~ Shot put: Won by Smith, Michigan, 41 feet 3-4 inches; Moorish, Purdue, 39 feet 5 inches, second; Walls, Mich igan, and Georgas, Chicago, tied for third
 One-mile relay: Won by Chicago (Kennedy, Harris. Hall and Speer); Michigan, second; Illinois, third; Northwestern, fourth. Time, 3:35 2-0-