Evening star., 1927-05-29


MADISON, Wis. May 2S.-In a
drenching rain, Illinois scored a sur
prisinS victory by winning the West.
ern conference outdoor track and field
championship on the Camp Randall
Stadium Field today, nosing out the
favored Wolverines of Michigan by
the remarkably close margin of less
than two points.
Illinois clinched the championship in
the very last event, the high jump,
pilinG up total of as points to a. 1.3
for Michigan. Wisconsin finished third
with 35l2.
Iowa. finished fourth with 80 points
and Ohio State fifth with %. North
western was sixth with 10 and Indiana
seventh with II. The remaining points
were distributed as follows: Minnesota,
II 13; Chicago, Q IL: Purdue, 1-3.
Wachowski of Illinois, who took
third place in the high jump, won the
meet for Illinois. The Illini scored IN
10 of the 16 events, winning the $50
yard run, the mile and the broad
jump. It's we'll balanced team also
picked UP other points here and there.
Mc(iinnis Individual Star.
Capt. Charlie McGinnis of Wis
consin, all-around man. who COM
pleted his university athletic career
today, was the individual star of the
meet, garnering 1872 points.
The meet was held under conditions
unparalleled i'm Western Conference
athletics. A 48-hour rain, still falling
when the contests were finished, made
the track heavy and boggy. Water an
in III deep covered the surface in spots.
The honor of breaking the only rec
ords of the meet fell to Leland Tiny"
7 ha1 IN
and McGinnis of Wisconsin and
Droegemueller, also of Northwestern.
Lewis tossed the shot Al feet inches,
eclipsing by ga inches the former
record hung UP by Danny Lyons of
Illinois in 1926.
The performanc of McGinnis and
DroeGemucller in vaulting 13 feet
inches may be officially accepted as
record, betterinS the jump of Dean
Brownell of Illinois. who set mark
of 13 feet = inches in 1928. The vault
was held in the gymnasium annex
because of rain and a slippery field at
the stadium. Brownell's mark was
made outdoors, but McGinnis and the
Northwestern vaulter performed un-
der conditions similar to out of doors.
as they took off from dirt floor.
Hester Captures Century.
George Hester, the University of
Michigan f1ier. wiped out the victory
Hermansen of Northwestern scored
over him in the trials yesterday when
he splashed to victory in the finals
of the 100-yard dash, breaking the
tape in 8 $40. The time was remark
ably fast considering the condition of
the track. He finished with less than
q yard margin over Everingham of
Iowa, with kniss of Ohio State third
and Hermansen fourth.
The Wolverine, winner of the cen
tury in the Pennsylvania games. was
favored with fairly dry lane, the
only one of the six that presented
anything like firm footing. Herman
sen, with the others, was forced to
run in heavy going.
Everingham turned the tables on
Hester in the 220-yard dash, beating
the Wolverine by = yards in 0:22
fiat. Hester again was favored with a
less muddy lane. but the Hawkeye had
too much in reserve and was inCreaS-
ing his lead every step at the finish.
The mile and Emile events were
furnishing races over the softened.
rain-soaked track. A pair of Illinois
milers, who refused to be annoyed by
the heavy going-McElwee and Stine
ran dead heat. breaking the tape
shoulder to shoulder in the mile in
4:27 l.10.
>Zola's Victory Spectacular.
The most spectacular race of the
day, at least from the spectators
standpoint. was the 2-mile grind in
which Johnny Zola, Wisconsin's great
little Finn. ran the veteran Harold
Kennedy of Ohio State into collapse.
Zola shot into the lead on the last lap
after Hall of Illinois and Hum of
Iowa had set the early pace and with
a marvellous burst of speed engaged
Kennedy in the drive to the tape, both
finishing with furious sprint. Zola
had enough left to draw away, how
ever, and breasted the tape in
9:4s 10.
There were 20 starters and they
were bespattered with mud and strung
out all over the track at the finish.
Indiana, little considered before the
meet, came through with a surprising
and thrilling victory in the 1-mile re-
lay, largely through the running of
Abromson and Stephenson, nosing out
Wisconsin in 3:21 7-10. Cuhel, anchor
man on the Iowa quartet, had the mis-
fortune to drop his baton on the back
stretch, eliminating the favored Hawk
eyes from the race.
Summaries
I0O.ynrd casb--won bv Hester. Michi gan
Everingham. Iowa. second: krlss. Ohio
state, third Hermansen, Northwestern. |
fourth. Smith. Wisconsin fifth. Time. |
a:o-ysrd dssh-won by Eyeringh am,
Iowa: Hester. Michigan. second: Rhea. MINI
nesota. third: kriss... ohio State. fourth
t20.yard hiss hurdles-won by McGinnis, |
Wisconsin; Cuhe1. Iowa. second: McKeever. |
Illinois. third: Rahlmeyer. Wisconsin, fourth: