South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-29
RECORDS FALL IN
FIVE EVENTS AND
ANOTHER EQUALLED
Notre Dame Captures Nine
Firsts-Purdue Runner-up
With 80 81 Points.

Five state records fell and one
was tied at the Indiana state track
and field meet. which Notre Dame
won from the field OF seven compel
ing schools at Cartier field Saturday
afternoon. Notre Dame collected
, 90 points. Purdue took second place
with So "a. Earlhan and Wabash
tied at "a. DePauw took fifth
with II ID. Butler sixth with IL
and Indiana trailed with Eve.
Chat Wynne tied the first record
when he defeated Ivy Of Earlham
In the 30 high hurdles in rs 2-5,
the mark made By Ivy last year.
Buck Shaw set a new mark OF f3 II.
2 inches in the shot put. cracking
the record Of 40 fet- 6 "a inches
made by McCouville n Purdue in
1904 Johnny Murphy outclassed
his field in the high jump with
leap Of II. / ga inches fracturine
IYys mark Of fet. IL SIS inches
made in 1920
Oberst q Notre Dame jumped IN
to momentary fame b. cracking the
javelIn mark Of III II. II "a inches
Knee OF Wabash broke Oberst's new /
mark fveminutes later by throwing |
the weapon 175 fet 3 inches on his /
last try. Furnas Of Purdue, pushed |
70 the tape by a wonderful chal-
1enee OF Doolittle Of Wabash. broke /
his own record in the two mile by
finishing IN 9:4T, ueing the Cartier /
field record The Notre Dame relay |
quartet stepped away from the field /
for = new state record of 1929 LIS. |
cracking Purdue's mark of 1920 and ,
missing the track record held by
Michigan BY 2-5 second. The local I
team won by 90 yards, and would /
have turned in "a new track record ]
ii pressed
Hayes High Point Man.
Billy Hayes took high point hon /
ors by winning the 100 and 220
yard dashes for 10 points Furnas
OF Purdue and Ivy OF Earlham tied I
for second place with nine and Ho- I
gan OF Notre Dame and Watson of /
Purdue tied at eight. Wyn1.e. Desch /.
and Kaspcr collected seven points
each. and Shaw, Miller and John /
son tied with six. Murphy. Harri- ]
son, Rohrer, EastIack and Nnee to- /
tailed five each by taking flrsts.
Hogan of Notre Dame and Ivy of /
Earlham scored in three events, the F..
local man taking a first. third and \
fourth, while Ivy took three sec
onds The Earlham was exhausted Z
by the pace set for him by Wynne
and Desch in the hurdles and failed +
10 come up to expectations in the
jumps.
The crowd OF 5000 spectators.
who braved an early afternoon rain,
were rewarded with perfect wealth
er during the remainder of the
meet. The track was in good cOndi-
ton. Iespite the rains. and eNcep-
tionaly good time was made IN
events where the competition was
spirited A stiff breeze aided the
sprinters i'm the 100 yard dash and
high hurdles. but was handicap in
the go yard dash and low hurdles
which were run against the wind
Wynne Defeats Ivy.
Chat Wynne and Capt. Ivy of /.
Earlham lived UP to expectations in
thei rpromised hurdle duels. with
the local star having the edge. In
the high hurdles the pair ran neck
and neck until the 100 yard mark,
when Wynne forged a yard ahead
for first place. In the go the con-
test was repeated. the speedy pair
following the path OF Desch like two
sets OF legs working on the same
shaft They ran in adjacent lanes
rose and fell together on each hur-
die until Ivy Iurched ahead on the
last obstacle and took second place
by a split second.
The victory OF Bill Hayes in the
100 yard dash wa sa similar strug-
gle with Rohrer and Desch, Hayes
stepping into a yard lead in the
last 80 feet. Desch lost second place
to Rohrer b va margin which strain
ed the eyes Of the judges.
Capt Cy Kasper of Notre Dame
ran a beautiful race in the quarter. .
Stepping into the lead with Mon i
tague at the sun. the local pair ran
one-tvO until Watson forged ahead
OF them at the final curve kasper / !
picked up var dloss. passed Wat
son and maintained "a yard lead un-
ell the finish. Montague ran neck
and neck with Watson until the last ,
90 Yards. when the Purdue man
claimed second place 10y foot mar
gin. MCBarnes and Kasper led the
field I'm the half mile until the last p
curve. when Eastlack and Gustafson :
of Wabash summoned enough re-
serve power 10 pass the local cap
tain on the stretch. The time was
hut 1 is seconds slower than the
Sark which Eddie Meehan made
Enen he defeated Joie Ray last :
year and missed the state record :
held by Neehan b ydne second.
DooHttIe Presses Furnas.
Furnas set his new two-mile re-
cord after a challenge from Dooit-
Tie. Pat Pages dark horse, which
brought forth a demonstration from
the crowd Furnas, followed the Z
major portion OF the way by Dooiit- +
tie. 4umped into a 35 yeard lead at s
the gun which announced the begin q
ming Of the last lap. The Boiler 3
maker distance star was hitting a I
pace which promised runaway q
when Doonttle burst into a sudden a
squirt which turned his hopeless {
trag Into a fighting chance- In the d
last eighth mile re picked up 20 ]
Yards but the Purdue man had Just 7
enough left 10 hold ten yard lead I
az the tape DoOlittle received a a
wonderful ovation from the crowd.
The performance OF Oberst in the I
javeun throw was one OF the bright I
EST gpots Of the afternoon for NOtre
Dame supporters. The big Ken s
tuckian. who had never thrown
H. .