Evening star., 1941-03-09
American Low Hurdle
Mark Shattered by
Illinois Olsen
Tops 70-Yurd Barriers
In 0:7.o;; Kane Double
Big Ten Meet Victor
b. the Associated Press.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, March g.
Donald Olsen of Illinois bettered the
listed American record for the indoor
70-yard low hurdles by winning in
0:O79 in the Big Ten meet tonight.
The listed mark of 0:08.2 is cred
tied to Earl Thomson of Dartmouth,
now coach at Navy.
Bob Wright, Ohio States smart
sophomore hurdler, drove Olsen to
his new mark after setting one for
himself in the 70-yard highs. He
sped over the barriers in 8:5 Sec
onds. tenth of a second faster than
the listed American indoor standard
shared by Dan Caldemeyer of In
diana, and a pair of Wolverines,
Bob Osgood and Elmer Gedeon.
The mark however, only tied the
conference record established by Lee
Sentman of Illinois in 1880. Sent
man also had five hurdles in front
of him, while Wright had six.
The meet was held in Purdue'S
spacious field house.
Tall. long -striding Campbell Kane
of Indiana scored victories in the
half mile and mile runs, the for
mer in 1:54.4 and the longer race in
4:l6. Roy Cochran clipped another
440-yard title in :484.
7o-yard high hurdles-Won by Robert
WTgh 4h9 I SSse sefGn% b0pS5q
ern; fourth, Joseph Finch. Northwestern;
fifth. Robert Sulzman. Ohio State. Time,
0:0S.5 seconds tbetterS American lhoqor
ffsGr1 disas. 1885 G''4 Robert 20 ossood Michiean,
1886 and Elmer Gedeon Mlchiean. 1879.
equals meet record by Lee sentman' 1lll-
"Osf Shot putEwon by Georse Paskyan: Wis
consin. 40 feet ; inches; second. ATchle
Harris Indiana. 4s feet go inches; third,
fourth, Forest Weber Purdue. 46 feet ga
inches: fifth. Hugh Rendleman. Chicago
y Two-mile' ranMWon by Fred Wilt, In
third, Karl Wisner. MichiRan: fourth.
3eiaagln, Ief[Ge hsfPdT Purdue emo time me minutes 80
SS6-yard run-Won by Campbell Kane.
third Warren Breidenbach Michigan;
fourth. Lester Eisenhart. Ohio State: NTH.
R. E. Randall, Chicago. Time. l minute
" 7o-yaTd low hurdIes-wpn by Donald
Olsen, Illinois second, Robert Wright ONO
State; third. Al Thomas. Michisan fourth
onds (betters listed American record of
O:0S.2 by Earl Thomson. Dartmouth. l93l'
new event on conference program.
Broad jumD-Won by Robert Burnett
Indiana, % feet "a inches; second WI
third, James McFadzean.- Wisconsin; .!
feet inches; fourth. Lawrence Stout.
Illinois, y feet 1I9s inches NTH, Robert
Foster Wisconsin. y feet, 1923 inches.
One-mile relay-Won by, Michigs n;
Robert Barnard, William Dobson; Alfred
Thomas Robert Uferl: second, Indiana
third, OHIO state, fourth. Purdue; NTH
One-mile run--Won by Campbell Kane.
Indiana; second. Lester Eisenhart Ohio
State; third, Paul Kendall. Indiana
fourth, Wayne Tolliver. Indiana fifth,
Howard Schoenike, Wisconsin. Time. 4:l6-
6O-yard dash-Won by George Franck.
Minnesota: second. Myron Piker. North
western: third Alfred Thomas. Michigan;
fourth. Ralph Hammond Ohio state; NTH,
Alfred Piel, Michigan. Time, 0:05.3 sec
44O-yard run-Wqn by, Ray Cochran
third, Paul Anthony. Purdue. fourth:
Marcellus Jenkins. Indiana; fifth, Donald
Bailey, Illinois. Time. 4s.4
Pole vault-Won by William williams
wisconsin,, 13 feet ,10I2 inches. tied
for second and third. Charles Decker
fourth, J; Schmidt lohio State; fifth,
Ed Thistlethwaite (Northwesternl.
High iump-Won by Donald Canham
(Michigan). Il feet 334 inches; second. Al
Jones iOhio Ststel: tied for third, fourth
and fifth Donald Smith and James Smith
Northwestern, R. E. Ray (Chicago) and
H Sperllng Ohio State.