The New York herald., 1921-06-19
Illinois Wins National
Collegiate Track Meet

CHICAGO, June 1S.-An evenly balanced
team which scored points in ten of
fifteen events without capturing a single
first place to-day brought national
honors to the University of Illinois by
carrying off first place in the National
Collegiate Athletic Association meet at
Stagg Field, contest open only to cham
pion athletes and entered by more than
threescore OF the country's collage and
universities.
The Illinois athletes. through second,
third, fourth and fifth place points
gathered total of 20A. Notre Dame
was close beaind with 16%.
One worlds record was tied another
approached and every event brought
forth thrilling competition which many
times left the spectators in doubt as to
the winner even after the event had
been finished
Earl Thomson of Dartmouth equalled
his own wocld's record OF 0 IA 2-5 i'm the
120 yard high hurdles. The Eastern
star might have beaten his record but
for a poor start, which left him slightly
off stride at the first barrier and a slip,
which caused him to tip over the fourth.
The summaries:
TRACK EVENTS.
100 Yard Dash-Won by Paulu. Grinnell I:
second, Hayes. Notre Dame; third, Smith.
Nebraska fourth. Wilson, Iowa; nth, Hur-
ley washington Time. o;Io.
Dartmouth: second. Crawford. Iowa: third.
Anderson, Minnesota fourth. wynne Notre
sa,se spame; fifth flfth' c1ughlan' University of the
ond. smith, NEBRASKA; third. faslu. a Grin rim
Ohio Wesleyan. Time. o;22 3-5
220 Yard Low Hurdles-Won by Desch.
N9tTe iSItS P@ms seeond KnGllin wssonsn
Illinois; fifth Wynne. Notre Dame. Time,
III Half rs Nile Run-won by Eby. Pennsylvania
second. Higgins. Ames: third. Nash. wis
consih; fourth, Yates. Illinois; fifth, Dono-
hoe, Illinois, Time. 1:57 2-5.
second Butier. Michsan: % a third. sSSlsa ponohoe
Illinois; Illinois; fourth. Pratt. Washington; fifth.
G0R Mie Runwon by WATSON Kan Kansas Asse,
second. McGinnis, Illinois: third, Sweitzer
Minnesota; MINI fourth. Ferguson. Ohio State;
Two Mile Run-Won by Romig, Penn State
second. Wharton. Illinois; third. Rathbun
Ames; fourth. Canton. st. olafs; fifth
FIELD EVENTS.
Running High Jump-won by Murphy
Hoffman, Iowa tied for, fourth place
Shot PutsWon by Pope. washington: sec.
ond. Dale. Nebraska: third, Weiss, Illinois
fourth, Lindsay. Rice Institute. fifth, Shaw
Notre Dame. Distance. As feet Az inches
Broad Jump-Won by Stinchcomb. Ohio
State: tied for second, Sward. Knox ant
Osborne. Illinois; fourth. Sundt. Wisconsin
fifth. Albert, Illinois. Distance. % feet 3s
inches
Pole Vault--Tied for first, Whelch, Geor
gia Tech; Jenne. Washington State; Wilder
Wisconsin, and Gardner, Yale; tied fol
fifth, Merrick, Wisconsin, and Hogan, Notr,
Dame. Height. ~ feet
Disucs Throw-Won by Pope, Washington
second. Blaclswood. Northwestern: third
Praeger. Kalamazoo: tpurth. Slater. Iowa
fifth. weiss, Illinois. Distance. 142 fee
Hammer Throw-Won by Redmon. Chi
cago: second. Blackwood. Northwestern
third, Slater. Iowa fourth. Skidmore, Uni
versity OF the South: fifth, Hill, Illinois
Distance, 1873 feet 0% inches.
Javelin Throw-won by Hammer, Stanford
second, Tuck, Oregon; third. Hoffman
Michigan: fourth Mahan. Texas A. NJ.
fifth. Oberst, Notre Dame. Distance. isl
Point score-rllinois. 2oh Notre Dame
16M Iowa. "a; University of Washington
l2N Wisconsin. 10; Nebraska. 8; Grinnell
I: Northwestern. g. Ohio state; g.; Ames
81; Dartmouth, 3; Chicago, .; Kansas
Aggies. Q; Michigan, .: Pennsyyania Uni
versity. 3; Penn State. 5; Pittsburgh. 3
stanford. o.; Minnesota. a Oregon, ?
Washington State. 2A; Yale, 2N; Georsis
Tech, 2A: Knox. az; Baylor. 2; Sewanee
~: Texas A. 3 NJ, l. 81. Olafs. 1; Ric'
Institute. Il Ohio Wesleyan. Y.