Evening star., 1928-04-29
Illinois Runners Get Lions
Share of HonorS at DeS
M0ineS Games.
BY CHARLES w. DUNKLEY.

DES MONIES. Iowa, April 2S.~-ln an
afternoon of stirring performances but
lacking in the usual wholesale record
! breaking, Illinois, champion of the
Western Conference, emerged with a
lions share of honorS in the closing
events of the Drake relay carnival. A
crowd of $4,000 watched the sport
The feet Illinois runners, competing
in the six university relays. won three
and finished second In two others
After winning the distance medley yes
terday, the sturdy Illinois QuartetS came
back today TO win the 2-mile and the
4-mile events. To top of their per-
formance they trailed Northwestern to
victory in the S80-yard event and looked
at the back of the Iowa runners in the
440-yard relay
The Illinois 4-mile quartet. McElwee.
Novak Stine and Abbott, raced to
brilliant victory in the furnishing event
after carrying on almost shoulder TO
shoulder with Indiana The HooSier
quartet led for the first two miles, but
Stine pounded into the lead in the third
and gave a slight edge TO Abbott. the
Illinois anchor man. when he sprinted
off on the final relay.
Abbott Wins in Mile Dash.
With Fields, the Indiana anchor man.
a briStling pace but Fields sprinted
ahead of him before the half mile was
finished. Abbott. however, came from
behind. cutting loose with a thrilling
burst of speed in the back stretch. and
finished with lead OF yards in the
time of 1890.
Iowa was second to Illinois In the
honor columns of winning relays the
Hawkeyes won the 440-yard event and
the mile relay. both times with the
same team, composed Of Stevenson.
Stamats, Baird and Cuhel
Weather conditions were responsible
chiefly for the lack Of record breaking
The situation was perfect for the spec
tators, with a Summer sun beating
down on the Drake stadium but a stiff
wind threw clouds Of dust into the eyes
of the runners The wind mounted to
proportions of gale at times. slowing
up the sprinters and dash men
In contrast To the usual wholesale
record breaking only one mark fell into
the discard today. That was in the |
Kansas Teachers College OF Pittsburgh, |
Kans.. tossed the missile 48 feet nine |
inches, breaking the mark OF 48 feet |
SIG inches. hung up by John Kuck. an
other of the Kansas State teachers, this /
one from Emporia. in 1926.
Elder Shines I'm Century.
Bucking into a strong head wind /
Jack Elder, feet Notre Dame half back /
strengthened his claim for a place on |
the American Olympic team by captur~ |
ing the l00-yard dash In close finish /
with George Hester OF Michigan.
Elder broke the tape six inches ahead |
of the Wolverine. but the fight for Sec |
ond and third place between Hester and |
Parks OF Drake was so close the judges |
had TO go into a huddle to decide the |
winner. Elder stepped the distance IN |
10 seconds. The wind slowed him up
as he reeled it off in 0:09 8-10 in win |
ming his preliminary heat yesterday.
Harold Trumble. the University OF
Nebraska sophomore, loomed up as a |
possible member Of the Olympic team
as result OF his performance IN VIM
ming the l20-yard high hurdles. The
auburn headed NebTaskan won the
even by two yards from Pahlmeyer,
Wisconsin. clearing the timbers in
Is lilo. The wind was also handi-
cap to the Corn-husker flyer.
Bullamore OF Wisconsin. won the
2-miie race from Haworth OF Penn Col
lege. Oskaloo8a, Iowa, In one OF the
closest, races Of the afternoon. They ran
shoulder TO shoulder in the last few
yards. with the Badger man going into
the lead. by a scant few inches. a few
feet from the finish line. The time was
S:4l $40.
Field Marks Poor.
With one exception mediocre marks
were made In the field events and this,
too. was blamed on the wind Weldon
Of Graceland College. one OF the small
est colleges In Iowa. captured the Jave-
lin throw with toss OF 1913 feet, al
though he was forced TO throw the
spear into the wind.
Mitchell OF Iowa won the discus with
heave Of l4l feet inches. while
Shelby Of Oklahoma took the high jump
with leap Of 6 feet inch Andrews
OF Nebraska. beat out Spangler Of Kan
sas in the running broad Jump going %
feet 334 inches. KctZ Of Michigan won
the hammer throw with toss Of 1882
feet
The yauters also had tough after
noon combating the wind Four OF
them tied for first place at IL feet 10
inches. They were Barnes Of Illinois.
Olazef Of Marquette. Hess of Mime
sofa and DroegemuelleT Of Northwest
ern. Droegemueller has cleared better
than - feet indoors this season.