Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-07
Line Sports NelDs and Comment
Iowans Make Poor
Showing in Big Ten

<Aui ATpOT, MICH, June i.-ScOTuiS
in eleven Of the sixteen events, the
well-balanced team of the University
of Illinois triumphed IN the twentieth
annual outdoor track and field cham
pionshps of the western conference
on Ferry field Saturday, with total
of 40 points. Michigan, altho weak
son in the dashes and hurdles, landed
second place with 80 points.
Wisconsin fought it's way into third
place with 20h points, while Mis-
souri,, chiefly thru the prOwess OF
jackson Scholz, who scored 10 points,
landed fourth with 14k points. The
all-star team from the University of
California basged fifth plaza with
11R points.
The remaining points were divided
as follows:
Notre Dame and Nebraska, 10 each;
Chicago, I; Purdue. g. Kansas Az
sies .; Minnesota. 5; Earlham. 4;
cornell College, 8; Ohio State. 2is;
Indiana, l, and Ames, l.
The meet was so evenly contested
that Michigan and Illinois were tied
at 2Tn points when thirteen of the
events had been decided. Wisconsin
was dangerous from the start, but
the showing of the California squad
was a disappointment. The coast
team was weakened through the loss
of Jack Merchant, the all around star,
who failed by quarter Of an inch to
qualify in the broad jump. He also
failed in the shot. discus and javelin.
He won the only first for the Caltfor-
mans. winning the hammer throw
with heave Of $50 feet 7 inches.
Hoffman Breaks Record.
Honors for breaking the only rec
ord of the meet went to Hoffman. of
Michigan, who heaved the javelin III
feet 10 inches, beating his mark made
in the trials yesterday by 1 foot
inches. Two conference records.
however, were tied. Scholz. the Mis-
souri, sprinter, equaled the mark of
81 3-5 in winning the 220-yard dash
and the Illinois team tied the record
of 1921 40 In winning the one-mtle
relay.
Individual honors went to Scholz.
Missouri flyer, who is rated as one of
the premier sprinters Of the country.
He landed victories in the 100 and
22o-yard dashes. beating out an i'm
posing array Of starters.
Athletes from Iowa schools were
among the point winners. In the 2
mile run, Rathbun, Of Iowa State,
pushed over the line with a fourth
NJ nj, " no
Bretnall. the fast man from Cornell
College, had little trouble in taking
second in the 440-yard dash.
Rathbun Runs Pretty Race.
Rathbun's race was one in which
he had to fight for position, as he was
placed well In the rear at the begin
ming, and after a fast squirt, he sue
ceeded in reaching fourth, which he
held until the finish. In the finals
yesterday, Bretnall was one of the
fastest men in the 440-yard dash.
timed at 40 3-5. and his work today
proved his ability to rank with the
best Of the runners in the conference.
as he was fighting for position with
such men as Emery, the speedy Illi-
nois runner, who won the race; But
Ter. of Michigan. and Donohue, Of I'LL
pois.
The emile was one of the best
which has ever been run in a confer
ence meet, with Paul Furnas. of Pur-
due, winning the event in $3.50. He
was followed closely by Wharton, of
Illinois. who passed Wilson, the Kan
sas Aggie. man, and who took the lead
at the first lap. Rathbun threatened
to take third, but was pushed by
Wharton in the seventh lap. Despite
the fact that he was beaten, he ran
good race. and showed he was in
position to step along with the fastest
of the distance men.
Scholz Runs in Form.
Missouri's men came thru with
points in the 100 and 22O-yard dash
and the relay. Scholz won both the
events with apparent ease. He took
the 100 in 10 flat, and made the 220
in 81 35, tying the conference rec
ord. Competing in the 100 with
Scholz was Johnson, of Minnesota,
and Maleckar, Of Wisconsin.
In the 220 he appeared against
Johnson. Of Minnesota, and Cook, Of
Michigan, while his team mate, Mas
sengale, ran him q close race, which
brought the crowd to point of high
enthusiasm.
The Missouri relay runners came in
a close fourth. with the time Of the
winner being 3:214-5
Iowa did not save point. Slater,
the shot putter. did not place in the
finals, after making put Of Al feet
in the trials Friday.
Scholz, the Missouri dash man, did
not leave any question in the minds
Of those who saw him in this after
moons events. He Is a man Of speed,
and uses his head to advantage in
running his race.
Eddie Meehan, Of Notre Dame. ran