Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-03-11 | Page 20 | 4 Records Fall as Illinois Wins Track Carnival

4 Records Pall Fall FallAs PallAs As Illinois Wins Track Carnival Winners Take Six of Ten Events Marks Eighth Victory 4 IOWA CITY Iowa Jowa March 10 10 AI lour Four our I records recOrd on one that has withstood attack for eleven years tars were smashed and two to others w were re established as u athletes wearing the colors of the University of Illinois won tho thu Western conference Indoor track and field championship to to- to night It wai n the eighth time that the had captured the honors honor since 1911 un Illinois scoring In tn six of ot the ten events ent roll rolled coIled d u up a total of or 31 n points point with Iowa the ranking contender finishing second with 27 7 Northwestern North orth- western estern and Wisconsin tied lied for tor third with eight each Michigan landed fourth place with It It seven nen and a halt half points point while Indiana and Ohio tied for fifth with seven Inen each eb Purdue and Chicago were ere sixth with six and a R. half each ach while Minnesota trailed last with a point and a R. half halt HIGH LEAP The performance of ot William of Northwestern In vaulting 13 n feet 21 2 2 12 Inches not only broke the Western Conference record Ifford but set lei a now new American record roe rec ord for tor vaulting oft off a dirt floor flour In Indoor In- In doors door J ra achievement latte shattered th the tho previous beAt best I performance performance mance of ot 13 12 feet teet I 1 8 11 I-I I Inch established b by Paul Harrington of Notre I Dante at Urbana in 1926 The other othu t records ord to fall taU were In Inthe Inthe Inthe the yard yard run half mile and re rela re la lay 14 The University of Iowa Jowa quartet quartet tet composed of Stevenson n Stam- Stam at atc ala Baird and Cuhel off the mile In l 1 4 6 44 6 4 see foe ends off the record made mad by Illi 1111 Illinois fbi nois 0 over a a. ten tn tap lap track In 1929 1320 Tonight's races were run ov r a six lap track trade In low Iowa mamoth new newl l tOt field house Hour MARKS GO New ew r records A w were e bUh In Inthe Inthe Inthe the theard yard M-yard ard Jh duh And ami the th yard 79 ard high hut WhIch were run over th these theM oe d distance ta for tor the Ue Mm first time indoors Indoor Captain Prank oak Cuhel Cubel of ot Iowa lapped the cinder cinders In hi 1 l. 84 44 George t fleshed flashed to a win In the yard M-yard neat event In 6 2 1 O i. Baird Beird of Macon City Iowa rated ral a All one OM of the greatest t quarter qUInt rollers In I. A. A America ran ten to 10 sensational victory in the 4 It the Pittance I. I In iii 91 1 ThIs nit Iowa MAt bolt the Ole pr pre previous record of ef rUM rUM-f It J. hung Ut up by the tb great negro runner lOins bia mend MOnd of C lb u i r Ur of or Chicago In Is 1917 un mark rk wa wu made however on oa a t. t ten lap tap track