Evening star., 1941-05-25
Big Six Track Crown
Kept by Nebraska
With Relay Win
Beoten in 440, LittIer
At Anchor Gets Huskers
1h-Point Margin
BY the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
LINCOLN, Nebr., May 24.-Eugene
(ReO Littler, licked in his pet event,
the 440, and again in the 900, came
back today to run thrilling last
lap of the mile relay and retain for
Nebraska by point and a half over
Missouri the Big Six track and field
championship the Huskers have
held for the past two years.
The score stood Nebraska 56la
and Missouri Sc when the relay, last
event on the card, was called. None
of the other schools was in chal-
longing position. Coach Ed Weir,
whose usual relay team consists of
the first four fellows he sees, picked
Don Morris, Arden KerSey, Bill
Smutz and Littler for the big Job.
while Coach Chauncey Simpson of
Missouri lined up Walter st. Denis,
Marshall Reeves, Bob Tracy and
Gordon Crosby. Immediately the
two teams made it a one-two, all
out race
Littler Wins Going Away.
Morris led st. Denis by yard for
the first lap but a bad baton ex-
change put Reeves at a 10-yard dis
advantage. However, the Tiger run
ner rose to the challenge, made up
the yards, and gave Teammate
Tracy a yard advantage. Tracy
stretched it to 10 over Smutz before
Llttler and Crosby set out on the
final lap.
Llttler, his face set in a bulldog
snarl, trailed Crosby around the
first turn, edging up slowly. then
caught him on the back stretch and
came pounding around the second
turn going away. The redhead was
10 yards out in front at the finish.
The time was 3:196.
mat put the final scores at Ne
braSka, 6l12; Missouri, 60: Iowa
State, third in the relay, 3Ol2; Kan
sas State, fifth in the relay, q;
Oklahoma, relay fourth-place win
ner, %, and Kansas, blanked in the
final event, %.
Two records were Set-by Harold
Hunt of Nebraska with l3 feet l11s
inches in the pole vault, and Sol
Schumitzky of Missouri, with "a feet
inches in the broad jump Roy
Noble, Kansas, held the old pole
vault mark OF 13 feet 812 inches
set IN 1885, and Harold Morris.
Oklahoma, the old broad jump rec
ord OF "a feet Az inches set in 1882.
Nebraska jumped into the lead
When Bob CHM won the mile, OPEN
ing event, but in the 44O. second
event, the first of several surprises
came Nebraska's way.
Number one was when Bill Lyda,
the Oklahoma ace, literally ran
Llttler into the ground to win the
quarter going away by 4 yards.
LYDIA did the job the hard way.
! running on. the outside until the
last rs yards.
Orv Mathews of Oklahoma paced
the field in the 100, while Missouri
picked up a second and a fifth to
gain on the Huskers, who had no
one in the short dash.
Missouri Gets Lead in $50.
Surprise number two for Nebraska
was sprung by James johnson of
Missouri, who beat out the favored
Smutz for first in the l20-yard high
hurdles and tied up the two teams
at 17-all.
Missouri took the lead in the $50.
next event, when Reeves, defending
champion. breezed in and team
mate Nichoalds grabbed off fourth
place. LYDIA, favorite in the race.
was scratched because of insufficient
rest, and CHM dropped out with a
stitch" in the side after running a
lap.
The Tigers were out in front, 35-
26, when Don Walters whipped
Littler in the 900, but Nebraska
began to pull up as the field events
were settled with Herb Grote win
ming the javelin and John Thomp-
son taking a second. Smutz gave
Nebraska a 4544 lead with a win in
the 220 lows. and Ray Prochaska
stretched it to 50-47 on a winning
discus toss.
About that time Higgins of Mis-
souri, dropped out of the pole vault
for second place at 13 feet while
Hunt went on after his record, so
there was half-point difference as
Schumitzky came in with his broad
jump record, and Harold Scott and
Walter Nye. Nebraska, tied for
fourth and fifth in the vault with
two Kansas University boys.
Mile run-Won BY CHM (Nebraskal; !;
5Sffa$ fS %isa saTi5s5 fsss s5:d HsS
440'yard daSh-WOn by LYDIA C0Ela-
homa> second Littler Nebraska; third.
hstR haMsiRssGR5h GBha fG9ssh as GT2fe} E2e Mis- Mis-
homay sedohd waeps by fR4d
AkeTs kansas State5; fourth. Mathes
Kansas; fifth. Steuber (MissourD. Time,
shotput-Won by schliech (Nebraska).
4S feet NIX inches; SECOND; AuSsieker
MafaoHs Max Kansas state, 45 'h fedf iouf5h 81
inches; fifth, Birge toklahoma), A feet
i20 high hurdles-;Won bv Johnson
third. King Nebraska: fourth, smutz
Time' TTGtSGkf os14'7. ni'ii' meyer iowa 9'a'e''
Steward run-won by Reeves mis-
Johns kansas State; % 5o1rth, Nichdoids Is
missouri. (No fifth place. LYDIA iokia-
| homal being scratched and CHM (Nebras-
| kal dropping out after one lap) Time,
! 1851.
High iump-Won bv Sanneman Kan
sasl. 6 feet 3 inches; tie for second and
third Baxter Gowa State) and Stoland
Kansas. + feet . inches; tie for third,
fourth and fifth, Ruhsam Iowa State1,
Hilton lMissourD and Landee Gowa State),
22O-yard daSh-Won by Walters (Mis-
| sourD; second, Littler (Nebraska); third
| Akers (Kansss State): fourth Mathes
| kansas; fifth, Hamilton (Kansas). Time,
| 0:21.5.
Two-mile run-Won BY smethers tOkla-
homal second, Inman Gowa State; third,
| Garrells Nebraska: fourth, Brents Mis-
souri,; fifth. High (KanSas State). Time,
Javelin-Won by Grote CNebraska), %
| feet 10 inches; second Thompson Ne
braska), $50 feet . inches; third. Higgins
| Missouri, 17S feet / inches; fourth,
Jacobs oklahoma. 176 feet s inches;
| fifth. Thies Kansas State), 175 feet 9
| inches.
go low hurdles-Won by Smutz (Ne-
| braska) second, Heggen Iowa State);
| third. Shy tMissourD; fourth, King NE
braska); fifth, johnson (MissourD. Time,
| 0:24.
Discus-Won by Prochaska CNebraska).
| 53 feet 6l2 inches; second Peters tKanSas
! State), 143 feet; third. Aussieker mis-
| sourJ. 139 feet 10 inches; fourth, Droge
! kansas State), 135 feet SI2 inches;
| fith: Swanson CKansas State), 129 feet
! 10 1/10 inches