The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-12

| hoObtNell ftlku oNuOOl won tue
Huron League track crown Friday.
and Lincoln placed fourth In a meet
which toppled four. league and a
state class c record. Bair bested
the presen' state record OF 0:23.5
in the 200 yard low hurdles estab-
lished in 1912, by making the dist
ance in 0:233. He will not be list
ed officially with the record. how
g or. since all state records must
be made in the annual meet.
Roosevelt placed first with a to-
tai OF 55 points, Romulus second
with so points. University High. the
defending champion. third with
30ls points, Lincoln fourth with 20
points, Milan fifth with II points,
and Dundee sixth with ~ points.
Flat Rock was entered, but did not
place in the meet. Chelsea and
Saline, also members OF the HUI
ron League, were not entered.
There were four Huron League
records broken, Butler OF Romulus
broke the high Jump record by
jumping Ave feet, nine inches. The
old record was five feet, eight in
ches. Hosler from Milan cracked
the old mile record OF 4:52, by run.
ming the four laps In 1882. Roose-
welt bagged their share OF the rec
ords as Bill Bair broke his own
record in the low hurdles 24.l by
running il in 23.4. Keith Gundrum
broke the high hurdles record 1871
by running 1t in an even is. Lin
coin took one first. the pole vault,
as Glen Howe vaulted 10 feet. He
also placed fourth in the 200 yard
low hurdles. His brother, Ormel,
was third in the 100 and 220 yard
dashes. Lincoln placed. Jameson
tied for second in the high jump,
and Petri was fourth In the 440.
Lincoln tied with U-Hlgh for third
in the relay.
Roosevelt had an entry in the
finals. in every event. and placed
in all OF them except the pole vault.
Romulus was far ahead at the
halfway mark, but Roosevelt forg-
ed ahead as Bill Bair and Keith
Gundrum together took Ave firsts
and a second. Bsir took first in
:h.S haRdred yard dash, and a hrst
in the low hurdles. he aIsU pi-@ta
second in the shot-put, and ran on
the winning relay team. Gundrum
likewise took two frsts, one In the
220 yard dash, and a first and rec
ord in the high hurdles. He too
ran on the winning relay team. The
relay was the last and deciding
event on the program since either
Roosevelt or Romulus could win
the title by winning this event.
II was in this fnal event that
the Roosevelt rooters nearly had
heart failure in a story-book nnish;
Connolly, Sutherland, and Gundrum
had put Roosevelt way in the
lead NEARLY a quarter lap and
Bair was steadily increasing 1t.
AS he rounded the last turn into
the home stretch, cramps tied his
left leg into 4 knot. He finished
the race, still many yards ahead
of the field by limping in on one
leg. collapsing over the finish line,
TO win the event and the Huron
League Championship.
Summaries follow:
Shot put: Koczman, Milan; But
Ter. Romulus; Johnson, Romulus:
Wright. Roosevelt; Ashland, MI
Ian; AZ II. in.
Pole vault: Glen Rowe, Lincoln;
Schultz, Romulus, tied with Gehing-
er, U-High; Goupill. Milan, tied
with Auten, Milan; 10 IT.
High jump: Butler, Romulus;
Baison, Dundee; Jameson, Lin
coin; Johnson. Romulus; Coates.
Thigh. last four tied for second;
II. 9 in.
Broad jump: Butler. Romulus;
Bair. Roosevelt; Schultz, Romulus;
hester, U-Highfn Spencer, Roose-
welt, 10 II. 5 in.