Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-06
CONFERENCE MEET
TO ILLINOIS TEAM;
MICHIGAN SECOND
Winners 40 Points Give Mar
gin of 10-0ne Record
Broken, Two Tied.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, June 5.-Scor-
ing in eleven of the sixteen events, the
we'll balanced team of the University of
Illinois triumphed in the twentieth an
nual outdoor track and field champion
ships of the western conference on Fer
ry Field today, with a total of forty
points. Michigan, although weakened
through the loss of Capt. Carl Johnson
in the dashes and hurdles, Landed second
place. with thirty points.
Wisconsin fought its way into third
place, with 25l2 points, while Missouri,
chiefly through the prowess of Jackson
ScholZ, who scored ten points, landed
fourth, with 141a points. The all-star
team. from the University Of California
bagged fifth place, with 111s points The
remaining points were divided as fol-
lows: Notre Dame and Nebraska. 10
EACH Chicago. = Purdue. 6; Kansas
Aggies. 5: Minnesota, 5; Earlham. 4 !;
Cornell. 3; Ohio State. 21s; Indiana, 1,
and Ames, /.
California Squad DisappOints.
TIE showing IF thu California squad
was Q disappointment. Tie coast team
was weakened through TIE loss Of Jack
Merchant, the aN-round star, who failed
by 4 quarter OF M inch, to qualify in the
broad jump. He also failed to place in
the shot, discus and iaveiin. He won
the only first for the Californians, win
ming the hammer throw, with a heave
of $50 feet inches.
Aonors for breaking the only record
of the meet went to Hoffman Of Michi-
gan. who heaved the javelin 172 feet 10
inches, breaking his mark made in the
trials Yesterday by one foot three inches.
Two conference records, However. were
tied. Scholz, the Missouri sprinter,
equaled the mark of 81 3-5 seconds in
winning the 220-yard dash and the
Illinois team tied the record OF 321 As,
in winning the one-mile relay.
Individual honors went to Scholz. the
Missouri flyer. who is rated as one of
the premier sprinters Of the country. He
landed victories in the 100 and 220 yard
dashes, beating out an imposing array
of starters.
Summary Of Events.
1O0-yard dash-won by Scholz Missouri:
johnson. Minnesota. second Maleckar, Wis
sonsin. third; spetz. Wisconsin. fourth Time,
220-yard dasl-won by scholz. Missouri:
Massengale. Missouri. second; johnson, Min
ne nescta. third; Cook. Michigan, fourth. Time.
1eo-yard hnrdle-won by Wright. Nebraska;
Andrews. Wisconsin. second: Wallace Illinois,
third: Beardsley. Michigan fourth. Time,
44o.yard rnn--won by Emery Illinois
Brethill. Cornell College. second: Butler, Michi-
gan; third; Donohue. Illinois, fourth. Time.
ss0-yard run-won by Meehan, Notre Dame:
Sprott. California. second: Sphinx Illinois.
third; Nash, Wisconsin. fourth. Time. lisa
Is.
One-mile run-Won by Yates. Illinois;
Burke, Notre Dame. second: Ferguson. Ohio
State. third; Ramsay. Wisconsin. fourth. Time.
Two-mile run-won by rnrnas. Purdue;
Wharton, Illinois, second: Watson: Kansas
s saaies' third; R"fh0un' Ame'' fourth Time
high jump-Osborne. Illinois. and Ivey, Earl
ham. tied for first and second; Later Michi-
gan. third Shidecker, Ohio State and Will
liams, Missouri, tied for fourth. Height,
feet.
Running broad jump-won by johnson,
Michigan: Sundt, Wisconsin. second: Cruik-
shank. Michigan, third; Keeling. Indiana.
Hammer throw-Won by Merchant, Califor-
mia; Bennett. Illinois. second; Wilson. Illinois,
third; Higgins Chicago. fourth. Distance,
$50 feet inches.
Javelin throw-won by Hoffman. Michigan:
Wilson, Illinois, second: Sundt. Wisconsin.
third; Miller. Purdue, fourth. Distance. 172
feet, 10 inches
Shotput-won by Baker. Michigan; Dale.
Nebraska, second; Majors, California, third:
II inches.
Discus throw-won by Higgins. Chicago;
Weiss, Illinois. second; Wilson. Illinois. third:
Baker. Michigan. fourth. Distance, 140 feet
inches.
Pole vault-won by Andres. Wisconsin;
Westbrook. Michigan: Slaughter, Michigan;
Merrick, Wisconsin, and Peterson, California.
tied for second, third and fourth at II feet.
One-mile relay-Won by Illinois; Michigan,
second; Notre Dame third Missouri fourth.
Time, 1921 4-5. Runners on winning team:
Donohue, Prescott. Sphinx and Emery.