The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-20
Quinn Leads Most
of Way, Loses in
Last Lap of Race
Schwarzkopf Defeated
by Five Yard Margin
in 100 Yard Squirt

Indiana University's Campbell
Kane, Western Conference mile and
half-mile champion, Wednesday de-
feated Ralph Schwarzkopt Max
Lenoyer and Tommy Quinn in the
invitational mile run, feature event
OF the annual Michigan A. A. U.
Relays. held in Yost Field House.
The Hoosier's time for the distance
was Abs, siX-tenths of second
off the field house and meet record
set by Ed Holderman. OF Purdue.
year ago.
Kane surged past Schwarzkopf.
former University of Michigan two
mile star. in the last 100 yards to
finish in front by five-yard mar.
gin. Lenover also slipped around
the weary Schwarzkopf to hit the
finish line in second place.
Quinn, Michigan Normal ace and
Central College Conference title
holder, was a poor fourth, trailing
Kane by a full 20 yards. At that
the Michigan Normal captain turned
the eight laps in AIS. good time for
the ordinary mile race.
Quinn leaped in front with the
opening gun and stayed there up to
the start Of the final lap. Stretched
out behind him were Lenover, Kane
and Schwarzkopf, in that order.
The bid for the No. / position
came from Schwarzkopf at the be-
ginning of the eighth lap. Ralph
put on short burst of speed to
easily pass Quinn, and Kane-and
then went ahead OF the
faltering Huron.
After that the battle was limited
to Kane and Schwarzkopf, and the
former easily triumphed as his op.
ponent faded.
Seven meet and two field house
records were lowered during the
evening. The most outstanding
marks were those chalked up by
Lilburn Williams in the shot put,
Al Thomas in the 65-yard low hur-
dies. and the Michigan relay team
in the University mile relay.
Williams, former National A.A.U.
champion, and at present a student
in the Michigan physical education
school, heaved the shot So feet Az
inches on his first attempt to bet.
ter the meet record of so feet TX
inches set by Bill Watson last year.
In clipping one-tenth OF a second
off the field house record in the
65-yard lows. Thomas. a Michigan
junior, conquered AL Tolmich, Ma
tional A.A.U. hurdles king. Tolmich
could place no better than third
as Charles Pinney, OF Ann Arbor,
also beat him out. Thomas was
clicked in "A seconds.
Thomas was the individual star
of the evening with wins in the low
hurdles and invitational 60-yard
dash and place on the triumphant
Michigan relay quartet. He edged
out Joe Matyunas. sensational Mich
igan Normal freshman. in the dash.
The Michigan team led all the
way in downing Notre Dame in the
mile relay. The Wolverines broke
both the field house record OF 3:
1913 and the meet record of 1920
in winning the event In 3:19.7.
Michigan Normal trackmen won
only three events. the pole vault.
high jump and club division mile
relay.
Harold Stein, Huron junior,
topped his best previous indoor per
Torrance by reaching 10 feet 3
inches in winning the pole vault.
Ray Peterson, Normals stellar
high jumper captured his speciality
with leap Of 6 feet Az inches.
a meet record was credited to the
Huron Club In the mile relay. The
quartet, composed OF Steve Hnatow.
Jack Erskine, Vance Lancaster and
ran the distance in 81
32.2, over six seconds under the
former mark of 1855 made by De
troit Police in 1885.