Evening star., 1926-06-13


The officials were uncertain that
Martin had travelled the full $50
yards and decided to have the track
remeasured tomorrow or Monday.
Haggard of the University of Texas
smashed the world intercollegiate
record for the running high jump
with leap of . feet "a inches,
eclipsing the former record of s feet
6is inches made by George HOrine
OF Leland Stanford University IA
years ago. The Texas youths VIC
tory was surprise, az Burg of the
University of Chicago. winner OF the
event at the Penn relays, was re-
garded as the favorite. Burg was
the runner-up today, his best effort
being feet 614 inches.
Locke Wins Two Sprints.
Martins performance shared hon
ors with the headliner, Roland Locke,
the University OF Nebraka comet,
who although failing to smash the
world record in the century ana ZZ0-
yard dashes. captured both these
events in remarkable time CONSIDER
ing the heavy condition OF the ram
soaked track. Locke was gwen
real battle by Hester Of Michigan
in the 100. but broke the tape "A
scant inch ahead Of the Wolverine
winning in $40 seconds. The
track was in no condition TOR rec
ord breaking due To the l--houE
downpour. and Locke was unable 10
achieve what he expected TO ne the
outstanding performance OF MS
career. r,.
However, the fleet NebIaskan after
winning the century came hack anu
captured the 220-yard dash IN ~ s.lo
seconds. creating a new record lor
the meet and falling only a min OF
second short Of the world record.
cbg,,.a,. of Miami started out 20 give
Locke a desperate race, but the hNlnS
Co,.nhusker uutdistanCed his ONO
rival in the last 80 yards, finishing
with n lead OF about 3 yards. Con
sidering the heavy condition of the
track. EXPERTS agreed that Lockes
performances were remafkapIe-
Staged on soldiers Field.
Today's meet. called the co!ieSe
Olylnpics Of America. was StdSeu On
Soldiers Field, with no table Oh points
or team championship involved.
The meet was to decide only the In
diy.iduaI championship in the various
events. Ii points had been counted
however. the University of Southern
california team, winner of the Last
ern intercollegiate, would have woh'
with a total Of 27i2 points, with lhe
University of Michigan, big ten chalh-
pion. second with %. and Nebraska
Missouri Valley Conference cham-
pions, third, with IS. On this OASIS
other high scores would nave peeh
Notre Dame, with 19 %: Ohio state
10: Miami, Q; Montana, 2; Illinois,
S2-3
Michigan athletes won two events
and placed in five others PM Nor
thrup was the individual star or lhe
Wolverines, winning the Javelln throw
and placing second in the running
broad jump.
The Trojans scored in nine Of the
Is events, winning only one. rms
was the victory of Capt. Bud Houser
in the discus throw, worlds record
holder IN the event, who cracked the
meet record with toss of las feet
l13. inches IiouSer also finished sec
ond in the shotput. Leighton Dye
and Lee Grumbles. the Trojan hurl-
ers. were defeated by Phin Guthrie Of
Ohio State and Spence of the City
College of Detroit. Guthrie took Dyes
measure in the 120-yard high event,
beating him to the tape by a yard IN
ia $40 seconds. Spence had lead
of four wards in beating Grumbles in
the 22O-yard low hurdles, in which he
established a meet record of % 5-l0
seconds.
Another Trojan stalwart. Lee
Barnes, intercollegiate record holder
in the pole vault, failed to place i'll
this event today. Harrington OF
Notre Dame won, clearing the bar at
13 feet inches, breaking the meet
record OF II feet II inches, jointly
held by Mckown of Kansas state
Teachers College and Brooker OF
Michigan.
Other Records to Fall.
The other records to fall were hung
up by Phillips Of Butler, who won the
440-yard run in IS 7-10 seconds, and
John Kuck of Kansas State Teach
ers' College, who set Il new mark OF
30 feet q inch IN winning the shot
put. Phillips clipped threetenths of
a second OFF the record hung up by
+. J. Shea of the University of Pitts
burg, in 1921. beating Oesterich of
Gustavus Adolphus College, one OF
the favorites, by two yards after
thrilling race. kuck's new mark
Supersedes that of Hartranft of Le-
land Stanford University, made i
year ago.
The distance races were thrillers.
with Gillette of Montana winning
the two-mile after a neck-and-neck
struggle with Peaslee of New Hamp-
shire. Judge of Notre Dame, cap
tured the mile run. coming from be-
hind in the last few yards 10 beat
Gillette of Montana. Wills of Bates
set the early pace but faded i'll the
stretch, finishing third