Evening star., 1937-05-23
0SG00D TAKES 10
| HIGH EVENT |N0:14
Only Light Breeze Backs
Ace of Michigan Team
That Wins Meet.
BY WILLIAM WEEKES,
Associated Press Sports Writer,

A mn ARBOR, Mich, May az
" Capt. Robert D. Osgood a
~ lanky senior from Lakewood,
"A Ohio, scissored over the 12c-
yard high hurdles in the dazzling
world record time of IA seconds todav
to embellish smashing Michigan
team triumph in the thirty-seventh
annual Western Conference track ard
field championship meet.
Shaking over the barriers with rain
pelting at his back, the tall Wolvern.
leader, defending title he won la
year at Columbus, Ohio, bettered tie
accepted standard of 141 seconds, set
| and equaled several times by FORE
(Spec) Towns, the University of Geol-
gla's Olympic champion, last year.
Although there was wind driving the
rain, officials of the meet said it cid
not exceed miles an hour and that
the spectacular achievement probably
would be offered for approval as a
world record.
Osgoods brilliant triumph. an easv
5-yard decision over Wisconslns Jack
Kellner, contributed points TO Mich
igan's victorious total of so points,
and helped the Wolverines reclaim
team honors from Indiana. The
Hoosiers, charging along with 81
points from its matchless distance trio
of Don Lash, Tom Deckard and jim
my Smith, finished second with a
points, and Ohio State claimed third
| place with A.
Three Loop Marks Go.
OTHER points were distributed as
follows: Illinois, 24i2; Visor
sin, %; Iowa, 9i2; Chicago and
Minnesota, each; Northwestern and
Purdue, 3 each.
Osgood's world record Job of hur-
ding was the gem Of a dismal day.
which saw three conference records
washed off the books. Ohio States
Charley Beetham, national champion
at $50 yards and 300 meters sped his
half mile today in l minute 522 sec
onds through the rain. knocklng
three -fifths of a second off the marx
he established last year at Columbus,
and his Negro teammate, Me- Walker,
leaped feet 63s inches to replace
the old high-jump record of feet 6
inches, which had stod since Justin
Russell of Chicago set it in 1925.
Michigans newest Negro all-around
star, Big Bill Watson, produced the
other record, so feet 1923 inches, in
the shotput, as the prize of triple"
performance that provided the back
bone of Michigan's triumph. He won
the discus throw with heave of l53
feet sl2 inches, less than two feet
short of the conference mark of 155
feet inches by Wisconsin's giant.
Arlie Mucks, in 1916, and took the
broad jump with "a feet A.. inches.
Lash'S Strategy Tells.
T ASH, drum major of Indianas dis
tance squad a victim of ap-
pendicitis attacks for the past two
weeks, strobe to triumph in the mile
and two-mile runs for the third
straight year, and directed some
Hoosier strategy that took care of his
great Wisconsin rival, husky Charles
Fenske.
The wiliowy Indiana speedster,
alternating with his teammateS,
Deckard and Smith. in setting the
pace in the mile, uncorked a brilliant
finish to repeat his triumph of last
year over the Badger in minu>,s
IA seconds. His margin, about two
handsbreadth, was about the same
as when he set the conference mark
Of 4:108 at Columbus a year ago.
In the 2-mile Lash stayed back
to look after Fenske, while Deckard
and Smith cut out the pace. With
three quarters of lap left, it ap
peared that Lash had Jagged to keep
Fenske's attention, while Deckard and
Smith went on to battle it out for
first place.
Lash had no idea of that, for he
jumped Fenske with half lap to 60.
and exploding sprint that made his
kick in the mile look like common
canter, set out after his colleagues.
He caught Smith in the middle of the
last turn, and caught Deckard as
they went into the stretch. Deckard
refused to wilt and battled it out with
couple yards. Lash's time. 9:2l4,
was almost two seconds slower than
his own meet record Of 9:198. Fenske
out finished Smith for third place.