Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-20
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
z AWEGNCE, Kans., April 19.-One
world record was bettered and
one was equaled as sterling
track athletes of the Midwest
and Southwest competed here today in
the eighth annual University of Kan
sas relays.
CIV Leland, the Splinter star Of the
Southwest, representing Texas Chris
tan University, sped with the wind
down the 1O0-yard Straightaway to be
clicked by 9 of 10 officials watches
in ga seconds. The recognized world
record is 9.6 seconds. LelandS marx
is not likely to be recognized as new
world record because OF the strong
south wind which helped him along
and because starting blocks were used.
The sprint relay team from 1lilnois-
Useman, Dickinson, Cave and Patter-
son--led Michigan to the tape IN the
ouarter-mile relay in Al seconds nat
to equal the mark set in 1927 by the
Newark Athletic Club. The time shat
tered the meet record Of 4l.6 SECONDS,
set by Metre Dame In 1927.
Leland's 9.4-second sprint also broke
the meet record of SO seconds, set by
Rowland Locke Of Nebraska In 1925.
In winning the century dash Leland
also added another victory over his
arch rival, Claude Bracey OF Rice IN
stitute, who last year was the sprintlng
marvel of the Southwest. Bracey
finished inches behind Leland today.
Is Meet Marks Broken.
Thirteen new meet records we're es-
tablished exclusive of the new record
in the decathlon.
The new marks:
1OO-yard dash, "a seconds, Leland.
l2O-yard high hurdles, lag seconds,
Lee Seminar, Illinois.
Discus. 1873 feet ia inches, Melvin
Thornhill, Kansas.
University 440-yard relay, Al seconds,
Illinois.
College 880-yard relay, l minute q
seconds, Oklahoma Baptist University.
College 2-mile relay, minutes "a
seconds, Kansas State Teachers OF Pitts
burgh
High school 2-mile relay, 8 minutes
1872 seconds. Tulsa.
Pole vault Is feet 934 inches, Tom
Warne, Northwestern.
University medley relay, 10 minutes
28.7 seconds, Marquette.
High school medley relay, minutes
405 seconds. Tulsa.
College mile relay, minutes 81 Sec
onds. Oklahoma Baptist University.
College medley relay, 10 minutes 37.9
seconds, Wichita Kansas University.
High lump, 6 feet 6 3-16 inches, Ted
Shaw, wisconsin.
After finishing second for two years,
Wilson (Buster) Charles, Oneida In
dian, from Haskell Institute, won the
Decathlon and set new meet record.
His total points were 7,543.3960. The
former record OF 7,422.2846 was set by
Tom Churchill of Oklahoma in 1928.
Charles won five flrsts three seconds,
one fourth and tied for one fourth.
Among his best marks were 6 feet rs
inches In the high jump; % feet in the
broad jump and 43 feet inches in the
shot put.
His four competitors finished as fol-
lows:
James Grant, Haskell, 7,06l.512O.
William Boyd, Westminster, 6,9O9.9O44.
Fred Brooks, William Jewell,
Ben Douglas, Grinnell, 6,343.2O26.
Michigan won the half-mile univer-
sity relay in / minute, 26.7 seconds,
tenth of a second short of the meet
mark. Illinois was second Kansas
third and Chicago fourth. The Mich
igan team was composed of Smith, Sey-
mour, Campbell Tolan.
In the quarter-mile university relay.
won by Illinois, Michigan was second,
Chicago third and Kansas fourth.
Indiana won the four-mile university
relay, its team, Brooksmith, Kemp, Leas
Claphorn, hanging up a time OF ID
minutes, 1914 seconds. Wisconsin was
second, Nebraska third and Minnesota
fourth.
Illinois also captured the two-mile
relay with Its team, Fruin. Asper,
Evans and Makeever, beating out
Northwestern. The time was 1857.
Kansas was third and Nebraska fourth.
| Marquettes team, which set the new
meet record In the medley relay, was
composed of Morgan. Sweeney, p. Wal
ter and j. Walter. Oklahoma was sec
ond in this event, with Michigan third
and Indiana fourth.
| Spectators, although satisfied with
the galaxy of records broken, were dis
appointed Missouri's crack mile relay
team did not establish new record
in that always popular race. But the
Missouri quartet, although 1t won, ran
the mile in two-tenths Of second slow
err time than the college mile.
Hammond of Southern Methodist
: University hurled the Jevelin more than