South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-19
TWO GYM RECORDS
BROKEN AT MEET,
BADGER STAR HURT
Finkle Suffers Broken Ankle
in Accident Irish Relay
Team Shows Class.

Two gymnasium records were
broken and three more were closely
approached during the Wisconsin
Notre Dame track meet at Notre
Dame Yesterday afternoon which the
Badgers won 52-34. The Notre
Dame relay team lowered the mile
record BY . and 2-5 seconds. while
Merrick Of Wisconsin added four
inches % the pole vault mark The
former relay record was 3.&2 As,
and the previous pole vault record
j feet 1 "a inches Merrick clear
ed u feet "a inches with ease,
and tried 90 make a mark three
inches higher but failed. be Is con-
ference indoor and outdoor cham
uiOn IN the pole vault, anneXing
these titles a year ago. Last spring
he also won the event at the Penn
relay games. in which the greatest
athletes OF the country participated.
At that time. Merrick vaulted j
feet "a inches. Hogan Of Notre
Dame and Hannah OF Wisconsin
tied for second place yesterday at
il feet 66 inches.
In addition the record IN the 40
yard dash was approached by 80
OF a second. while the records in the
40 yard high hurdles and the quar-
ter mile run were approached by
As or a second each.
Relay Race a Feature.
The mile relay resulted in one Of
the prettiest races run in the Notre
Dame gym for years Both teams
are considered among the best mile
relay teams in the west. and the
race was naturally a close one. Hef-
fernan's clever running placed Notre
Dame IN the lead at the start. and
Wisconsin was unabls TO overcome
fl. The crowd went wild when Stol-
ley Of Wisconsin drew alongside Of
Luke Walsh i'm the second position,
and attempted 20 pass him Walsh
allowed the Badger TO keep pace
with him for half a lap. and then
drew steadily into the lead passing
the stick TO Montague and good
FIVE yards ahead OF the Badger
'sMonty" flew around the track at
top speed and gained several more
yards on his man, and Gus Desch
added a few more. thus finishing
about ten yards ahead OF Johnson.
The time was $3.50 %.
Fritz Banner added another great
performance from the Notre Dame
point of view 10y running a beauti-
ful two mile race. and incidentally.
winning his monogram. Fritz
took the lead after the tenth zap
and held III until the Z1st. when
Finkle. the famous Wisconsin dist
ance man drew ahead of him. ON
the next turn. however. the NOtre
Dame runner sC0oted almost ten
yards ahead Of FinkIe. The Badger
made a desperate attempt 10 catch
up. but was unable TO do so, and
seemed 10 be Stacking speed when
he unfortunately missed his pace.
stumbled and fell i'm an awkward
position ON his ankle. fracturing it
in three places It was an ugly ac-
cident. and must nave panied the
runner extremely. but he did not
say a word. He was carried from
the track Immediately and taken 30
the hospital Meanwhile Banner
had finished the race in the remark
ably good time Of 1o.f.
To was learned last night that
FInkIe VIII never be able to- run
again lie was n junior at Wiscon-
sin. and captain OF the cross-coun-
try team which won the conference
event in 29.12 Before entering the
two-mie race with Banner yester-
cay. he won the mile in an exciting
race i'm which Kennedy OF Notre
Dame finished second.
HalT-Nnc Close
The haIf-mIe also resulted ln q
thrilling run with two Notre Dame
and two Wisconsin men crowding IN
at the close. Disney and Kennedy
or Notre Dame pulled up close 70
wade OF Wisconsin. who was lead
ing. Ramsay OF Wisconsin then
crowded in from behind and the
four men crossed the line almost to-
Eether. Kennedy OF Notre Dame fin
lshed second, but Referee Lightbody
disqualified him for eIbowing on a
decision which was clearly question
able. Ramsay Of Wisconsin was
awarded second place. however. and
Disney OF Notre Dame. third. The
tirne was . minutes. 9 SIS seconds.
Notre Dame scored four points 20
the s1ot put when Lieb and Flnr
finished second and third 60 Sund'
OF Wisconsin. respectively Notre
Danes best scoring i0 any one
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