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MEET SATURDAY
Bill Hayes, Johnny Murphy
and Gus Desch Win In
Their Events.
BY ARCHIE WARD.
Nofrc Dame COrrcspOndcnt.

RNiFF EtAItif Correspondents
Unbelting a remarkable burst OF
speed that thrilled the huge crowd OF
fans In attendance Eddie Meehan.
cal plain Of the Notre Dame track
team, flashed 10 the tape a winner
over Joie Ray. Americas premier
middle distance runner I'm the $50
yard run Of the dual track and field
meet between Notre Dame and the
Illinois Athletic club yesterday.
Neehan's spectacular performance
featured the contest. which was won
by Notre Dame. - 90 5f.-
Rays fghting spirit Rays cour-
age and Rays power avaRed moth
ing against the fleet Cold and Blue
pilot in tho biggest event Of the
meet and Meehan proved himself Of
Olympic timber In his farewell APP
pearance on Cartier field. Meehan
and Kaspcr Of Notre Dame and Ray
az the I. a. &. were the $50 yard en-
tries. To was "a beautiful race from
start 20 finish with the three run
rers grouped like "a trio of pack
hounds OF for the chase. The con-
testants ran shoulder to shoulder
until the last 100 Yards. when Nee
han uncOrked his pent-up reserve
power and showed the way 10 the
worsted line.
StN i6efOfu~ broken.
Six Cartier field records were cast
snto oblivion I'm yesterdays sensa-
tional contest. Besides Meehan's
record breaking exhibition. Murphy.
Kasper and Desch OF NotUe Dame
and KnOurek and Ray Of the j. a. G..
lowered former marks.
Bill Hayes. national 100 yard
champion, tied the 200 yard dash
mark by covering the distance I'm
81 S-5 seconds. Hayes won the cen
tUry i'm 10 fat without extending
himself
Gus Desch stepped the 220 yard
low hurdles iu the record time of -
seconds. breaking the mark set by
Fletcher Of Notre Dame in 1912.
Joie Ray clipped and % seconds
on his own mark for Cartier field by
pattering the mile run i'm Z minutes
and % 80 seconds. knOurek broke
the pole vault record formerly held
by ROCkne Knourek cleared the
bar at u feet inches and barely
failed in an attempt 10 make 1t II
feet. Kasper lowered his own mark
for the 40 yard run and Murphy
had little difficulty in establishing
new high jump mark.
Big Crowd Present.
The meet was attended by 5000
annals as the greatest event of its
kind ever held ON Cartier field. Ger
tain it is that Yesterdays contest is
the best event OF its kind held IN the
middle west this season.
There were surprises galore. as IS
always the case when two evenly
matched teams meet Not least
among the surprises was the work
of Wynne in the hurdles. The husky
Notrc Dame timber topper stepped
the high sticks i'm the fast time of
.I54-5. and was pressing Dcsch for
first place in the low hurdles when
lie stumbled and fell over the third
last barrier
Bailey displayed surprising form
in the sprints and Gringer more
tEan held his own in the high jump
Powers showed good form in the
pole vault clearing the bar at IL
feet inches. knOurek. his oppO-
nent. ranks as one of the greatest
pole vaulters in America.
shaw was Notre Danes principal
point-Setter in the weights lie
copied second place in both the
shot put and discus. Gilhllan. eN-
Notre Dame star. won the discus.
The summary.
1Oo-yard dash-Hayes q. d.,
McSweeney e. A. c., Bailey II. D..
Time-f0 flat.
Mile run-Ray U. A. c.. Burke
tN. d.. Sweeney tN. D.. Time
4 min. % So seconds.
12O-ysrd hurdles-Wynne ~. D..
Schienberg a. A c., Goelitz
a.. A. c.. Time-.15 As.
SsO-yard dash-Hayes q. Do.
Bailey (N. D., Ficks q. D.. Time
Eel 3-5.
SSo-yard run-Meehan q. d..
Ray q. A. Co., kasper q. D..
1Gme-t:57 As.
44O-vard run-Kasper N. d.,
Meredith ~. d.. Addison Il. A. c..
Time-.5G 3-5.
220-yard low hurdles - Desch
*. ID. GOelitz Il. a. c.. Starrett
N. D.. Tmo-.25
shot put-klindenberg Il. A. CO.
Shaw N. n. GoelitZ o. a. c..
Distances feet - inches.
Discus ilhllan G. a. c.. Shaw
(N. D.. Goelitz q. A. c.. Distance
-1e7 feet
Two mile-Eochansk Il. A. c.,
Murphy N. d.. Culhane q. D..
Time-1o minutes = seconds.
Pole vault-Knourek Il. A. c..
Powers u. D.. Douglas q. d..
Heights feet inches.
High jump-Murphy IN. d., Nc
Garry a. a. c.. Griniger u. d..
Height-12 feet 8 inches.
Javelin - Angler I. a. c.,
Thompson Il. A. c.. Hogan tN. D..
Distance-17S feet inches.
Broad Willette n. d.,
Schienberg Il. \. O. and Wynne
,N. ID: tied for second. Distance
I feet Ia inches.