The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-26
u. Tracknen Win
Nine Out of IL,
Team Balanced
Michigan Establishes
Right to Unofficial
State Championship

The University OF Michigan. per
ennial Western Conference track
champion, established its right to
the unofficial state intercollegiate
championship Tuesday by over.
whelming Michigan Normal and
Michigan State in triangular meet
at Jenison Field House. East Ian
sing.
The wolverines, winners in nine
out OF 12 events, piled up 75.2
points. Michigan Normal was Sec
ond with 39.7 points, and Michi-
gan State trailed with only ISL
points.
Michigan was favored in pre-.
meet Representations because OF
its tremendous team balance. And
the Wolverines had power to spare
as they exerted complete domin.
ance in every event except the
mile run and the 75-yard high hur-
dies.
Michigan Normars individual
stars were Capt, Tommy Quinn.
who won the mile in a brisk 4:202
pace, and Whitley Had. who easily
captured firsts in both high and
low hurdles
Four meet and two field house
records were marked up, but only
two OF the new marks were bona
fide. Here are the facts on the
records which were broken:
75-yard dash-Al Pieps :07.7 per-
Torrance in a preliminary heat
was counted as new meet record
since that distance has never be-
fore been used.
75-yard high hurdles-Hlad swept
through the high hurdles in 9.3
seconds. again a new meet record
because OF the use Of the odd
distance.
75.yard- low hurdles-For the
same reason Hlad's 0S.6 in the low
hurdles was reckoned as a new
meet record. In addition that timo
is recognized as field house stand
ard because FIVE hurdles instead
Of the usual three were placed on
the track.
Broad Michigan's Frank
| Mccarthy eclipsed the former meet
mark of % feet ll% inches. set
by Walt Arlington, OF Michigan
State, last year, with leap OF %
feet Is inch.
Pole vault-Charlie Decker, Of
Michigan elevated the field house
record in the pole vault to Is feet
5l2 inches. Earl Stolberg, OF Mar.
quette, reached 13 feet AZ inches
year ago for the best previous
height.
Mccarthy, sophomore from Birm-
ingham, was the leading Wolverine
thinclad with a victory in the broad
jump, seconds in the high Jump
and high hurdles and fourth place
in the low hurdles. In all he
scored u points for top honors.
Other Michigan winners were
Wally Hook in the shot put, Don
Canham in the high jump, AL Tho
mas in the 75-yaId dash, Bob Bar
nard in the quarter-mile, Ed Wisner
in the two-mile, Jack Kautz in the
$50 and the Wolverine relay team.
Quinn, who was in front all the
way in the mile, crossed the finish
line %. yards ahead OF Terminate
Joe Brzezinski. Later. the Huron
captain took second in the half.
mile.
The summary:
Pole vault-Won by Decker (M);
Wonch Isl, second; Stein On.
Webb (N), Wedenoja (M), Segu,a
tM) and Harris (S), tied for third.
Height-13 feet So inches. New
field house record.)
Broad iump-Won by F. Nc.
earthly (M); Keesler Isl, second;
Breitag (N), third; Keller (Ml,
fourth. Distances feet X inch.
New meet record.)
Shot put-Won by Hook (M;
Rosenzweig on, second; Lawton
tMD, third; Hirsch (M), fourth.
Distance-45 feet TX inches.
High jump--Won by Canham
tMD; F. Mccarthy (M), second:
Lucarelli IN and Moore (s), tied
for third. Heights feet 3 in.
ches.
75.yard dash--Won by Thomas
(M); Piel CM)' second: Ufer (MD,
third; X. Mccarthy (S). fourth.
Time :07S. (New meet record of
:O7.7 set by Piel in preliminary
heath
Mile ren-won by Quinn CND;
Brzezinski On. second Purdue