Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-13

The outstanding performance was
the running of Alva Martin, stocl1y
youth of Northwestern university, who
won the S80-yard run in the amazing
time of 1:51 7-10, clipping five-tenths
of a second off the world mark hung
up by Ted Meredith of the University
of Pennsylvania 10 years ago. This
mark. however, may no. stand after
the track is officially re-measured.
Due to the heavy rains the condition
of the track near the pole did not as
sure the runners of a firm footing,
with the result that the pole was
moved out two feet. The officials
were uncertain that Martin had trav
cled the full $50 yards and decided
to have the track re-measured tomoru
row or Monday.
Haggard, of the University of Texas,
smashed the worlds intercollegiate
record for the running high jump
with a leap of feet, Ia inches,
eclipsing the former record of 6 feet
6 1-S inches made by George HORNE
Of Leland Stanford university IA years
ago. The Texas youths victory was
3 surprise as Bury, of the University
of Chicago winner of the event atl
the Penn relays, was regarded as the
favorite. Burg was the runner-up
today, his best effort being feet, s.
IA inches.
Martins performance shared honors
with the headliner, Roland Locke, the
University of Nebraska comet, who
although failing to smash the worlds
record in the century and 22O-yard
4 ho+
remarkable time considering the heavy
condition of the. rain-soaked track.
Locke was given a real battle by
Hester of Michigan, in the 100, bu1
broke the tape scant inch ahead OIL
the Wolverine, winning in 8 10 sees
ends. The track was in no condition
for record breaking due to the 12-
hour downpour and Locke was un-
able to achieve what he expected to
be the outstanding performance of his
career
However, the fleet Nebraskan, after
winning the century, came back and
captured the 220-yard dash in 90 9-1O
seconds, creating new record for the
meet, and falling only a fifth of It
second short of the worlds record.
Sharkey of Miami, started out to give
Locke desperate race, but the flying
Cornhusker outdistanced his Ohio rival
in the last so yards, finishing with a
lead of about three yards. Consider
ing the heavy condition of the track
experts agreed that Locke's perform
ances were remarkable.
Today's meet, called the college
Iolympics of America, was staged on
Soldiers field with no table of points
or team championship involved.
The meet was to decide only the
individual championship in the vari-
Gus events. If points had been count
ed, however, the University of Souths
ern California, team winner Of the
eastern intercollegiate would have
won with a total of 27 IL points, with
the University of Michigan, Big Ten
champions, second, with 25, and Ne
braska, Missouri valley conference
champions, third, with 19.
I The Trojans scored in nine of the
Is events, winning only one. This
j was the victory of Captain Bud Hous-
Der in the discus throw, who cracked
the meet record with a toss of 14S
! feet IL "a inches. House, also fin,
ished second in the shotput Leighton
Dye and Lee GrumbleS, the TrojanS
hurdlers, were defeated by Phin Guth,
rie 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
a lead of four yards in beating Grum-
bles in the 220-yard low hurdles, in
/ which he established meet record of
23 $40 seconds.
4 Anotehr Trojan stalwart, Lee
Barnes, intercollegiate record holder
! of the pole vault. failed to place in
j this event today. Harrington of Notre
! Dame won, clearinb the bar at 1S
feet, inches, breaking the meet rec
/ ord of II feet, IL inches.
The other records to fall were hung
J up by Phillips of Butler, who won the
440-yard run in 48 7-1O seconds. and
i Jack Kuck of Kansas City State
! Teachers college, who set a new mark
!; of so feet, ga inch in winning the
i shotput Phillips clipped three tenths
of a second off the record hung up
;; by F. J. Shea of the University of
= Pittsburgh, in 1921, beating Oesterich
of Gustavius Adolphus college, one OF