South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-20
ALBERTS BESTS
JOHNNY MURPHY,
SETS new MARK
National and Olympic Star
Falls Before Illinois
1Oungster.
=, BY FRANK WALLACE

Six feet Of long-legged boy leaped
six feet three and one-half inches
into the air. a wooden bar shimmied
and was stul. and Dewey Alberts.
appearing in the first dual meet OF
his career. had defeated Johnny
Murphy. national Olympic star. and
set "A new Western intercollegiate
record in the high jump. The feat
OF Aiberts was the surprise OF sur
prises which featured the dual indoor
track meet at the Notre Dame gym
naaum last night which Illinois won
$3.50
Illinois won but the score is no
indication Of the excitement and sus-
pense which held the crowd until
The last few events. From shot PINT
10 relay each race was featured by
close finishes which strained the
eyes and the field events were un-
certain until the last measure Of the
tape. Music By the university band
and a crowd of 1000 which filled the
gym added a tang 20 the atmosphere
which lent added interest to every
event.
Leads BY Yard
Notre Dame drew first blood when
Buck Shaw uncOrked a remarkable
heave OF 80 IT. II inches in the
shot put; and Chef Wynne sent the
Irish into a comfortable lead by
funging into the tape a thread ahead
of Wallace and Desch. BIZ Hayes
repeated the performance a minute
later when he received the judges
decision over Nagle and Prescott as
the three runners flew over the finish
line like shots from the same gun.
At thispOint Notre Dame stock was
high and appeared to be amassing
q flock OF points which would neu-
tral ize the known Illini strength
(which was 20 show in the runs.
The first intimatiOn Of the ava
-1anche came when Donahue led
EDesch 10 the finish in the 440 by
"a yard: and in the two mile which
Followed wharton, Altman and swan
son OF the Illini streamed TO the finish
line ahead Of Banner, who ran a
game race 10 he-end. Yates, Duisin-
berry and Wells repeated the per-
Torrance in the mile. pulling away
IRON McBarnes in the last lap after
the local youngster had kept in the
van all the way.
Hogan recovered points for his
Team by taking the pole vault IN the
easiest victory OF the meet; and
when Johnny Murphy appeared the
sagging spirit OF the crowd broke
into enthusiasm.
What followed was a. sudden as
40 was surprising. The bar went
srfsr
feet two: and the crowd witnessed
the novel sight Of three men in the
same dual meet jumping six feet two
inches. The Uini jumpers set the
bar at six four: the crowd whistled.
sat back and was silent-and Alberts
cleared the bar ON his first at
tempt. Osborne dropped from the
competition. Murphy took his three
trys cleared the bar ON the last, but
shook il from the standards. and
The Notre Dame hopes for the NEST
went with it.
Result OF Meet.
Alberts. who il "a lanky. gOod-na-
tured boy. was apparently uncon-
scious o. his feat and came back
with a long broad jump which gave
him second place in that event. The
relay. which finished the evening
was a beautiful race. featured by
the remarkable recovery OF ground
by Montague and the logged run
ming OF Capt. Casper who tagged
DOnahOe 20 the finish and won by
few feet after the race had seemed
lost. The time S.32 20 is a new
Notre Dame gym record breaking
the record set in 1917 by one second.
NOtre Dame possesses a strong
track team which Will fight all the
way with any group in the country;
but Illinois had n better rounded ag-
gregation-and that tells the story.
Johnny Murphy will get two more
cracks at ALberts before the year
IS over and the duels between these
two should equal those of Murphy
and LandOn.
Score Illinois &C Notre Dame %.
Summary:
40 yard DASH Hayes. y. ID. -.
Nagle. Ill; s. Prescott III. Time 4 So.
40 yard high hurdles. Wynne,
y d; =. Wallace H.; @. Desch \. D.;
Time 2-5.
One mile run. Yates, H.. -.
Dusinberry. Ill; Q. Wells, III. Time
d SIS.
Shot put. shaw. y D.; %. Weiss
III; 8. Flynn, y. u. Distance ~ feet,
Q IL inches.
40 yard rum Douahoe. III; ..
Desch. y. D; 5. Fields, III. Time
53.4.
Two mile rum. Wharton, Ill.; -.
Altman. H.; 3. Swanson. III. Time
lO.2 %.
$50 yard rum. Brown. Ill; ?.
Yates. ILL.,; 8. Kasper y. D. Time
.. As.
Pole vault. Hogan. y. d: ..
Matthias. III; 9. Collins. III. Height
il feet.
High jump. Alberts III; ..
Murphy. y. u. and Osborne, III. tied.
Height feet. 1-3 inches.
Broad jump. Osborne. H.; q.
Alberts, ILL.,; @. Hogan. y D. Dis
lance. - feet. Ia inches.
allie relay-Won by Illinois. Sch
appaizzi. Sweet. Fields. Donahoe.
Time $50 20.
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