Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
Two Big Ten Records
Fall as Illinois Again
Wins Track Crown
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CHAMPAIGN. Ill. March g.
Illinois swept six first places and
accounted for one Of two shat
tered records in romping to its
fourth straight Big Ten indoor
track championship today.
The nlini. capturing the crown
for the sixth time since l946
and 18th since 1911 to match
Michigan,s record total, COM
piled IS points.
Indiana, setting q record in
the mile relay and winning the
two-mile race on Jack Wellman's
brilliant performance, was q
surprise runnerup in the team
standings. The Hoosiers, scoring
heavily in the longer distances.
edged Michigan, 42A to AN.
Purdue was fourth with 21A.
Next came Michigan State
1917. Iowa 1871. Ohio State IL.
Northwestern IL, Wisconsin SN
and Minnesota ~.
New High Jump Record.
Ron Mitchell of Illinois cleared
the high jump bar at 6 feet, TIA
inches to better the conference
mark he set in 1852 by "a inch.
Indiana's mile relay team OF
Mike Cusick. John Howe. Mel
Edwards and Len Robinson. was
timed in Sits to crack Iowa's
1852 mark of 3:18.3.
Technically. three. other rec
ords were entered before q crowd
of 1885 In Illinois Armory on
distance events introduced for
the first time in Big Ten title
competition.
Tom Hughes of Purdue beat
out Ed Hampton Of Indiana by a
yard to take the new 300-yard
title in :31.5. Hampton and Joe
Corley of Illinois. who finished
third. each posted the same time
in the preliminaries to make the
official record a three-way affair.
Leroy Ebert, Iowa senior.
scored a 3-yard victory over
Cusick in the 600-yard event
with a l:11.4 effort.
$50 Winner Disqualified.
Gene Maynord of Illinois dis
qualified in the 880-yard run
after coming in first. took the
1,000-yard event in . driving
finish that left Peter Gray of
Michigan Is feet behind at the
tape. Maynard's time was 2:10.0.
best for this distance Of the
season.
In the $50. three inspectors
reported that Maynard left his
lane too early and also had
bumped Indiana's Lowell Zellers
on a turn. Disqualification re-
suited and the official winner
was John Cook Of Michigan
State. who had been second.
Cooks time was 1:54.9.
In two events. Illinois scored
f1rsts and seconds for a combined
IL points toward it's winning
total.
Willard Thomson and Abe
Woodson ran 1-2 in the 7O-yard
high hurdles. Woodson and
James Nagle finished the same
way in the 70-yard low hurdles.
The winning times, respectively,
were :08.6 and :O8.O.
Third Mile Win For Ross.
Michigan'S John Ross won the
mile for the third straight year,
posting ALP, far off his 1904
record performance in 1852.
Roland Nilsson of Michigan
easily took the shot put with a
toss of So feet, 7h inches.
William Williams of Illinois
retained his 60-yard dash honors
with a :06.3 effort, and Bob Ehr-
hart OF Northwestern repeated
in the pole vault with a leap of
Is feet. 9 inches.
Indiana's Wellman displayed
a tremendous closing kick in the
final two laps to speed to the
two-mile title in 9:25.6. He beat
Purdue'S Gene Matthews by so
yards.
Earl Smith Of Iowa won the
broad Jump with "a feet,
"a inches and Ralph Fessenden
Of Illinois nipped Grant Scruggs
of MICHIGAN hv q stem To u,ixa tho