Show Worlds World's Records Go o in hi Western Conference Clash Iowa Captures First Place in Sensational Indoor Meet F CHICAGO March 13 AP In AP-In In a carnival of record smashing nth ath- th- th letes wearing the bla black k and gold of I Iowa captured the 1926 Indoor track and field chi ch championships of the Western conference at Northwestern Northwest Northwest- ern era university tonight with 24 3 3 1 3 points Michigan 1 was was' second with 20 points and Wisconsin third with 19 vH Kennedy Harold rold Kennedy stocky OhI State runner rUnner yon won the mile ra race race- e In breaking record time nosing out Freyberg of 1 Michigan b bv by a scant two yards at the finish Kennedys Kennedy's time Ume of 2 25 5 knocked one-fifth one of ot a second from the conference nce record record rec rec- ord made by y Hall HaIl of Illinois in 1924 rec-I rec Kennedy took the lead bead at the start run ling away a a. field of I twenty-five twenty starters He Ho increased his nis lead to fifteen yards when Fr Freyberg Frey Frey- r- r rI I Iberg I j berg came up from behind and hung on his heels for or the ten laps Japs The rhe 11 Wolverine attempted to take the lead oa on the last lap but fell feU behind I George Hester of ot Michigan I equaled the conference indoor record reo rec reo- I I ord of f 05 5 5 2 In winning the fifty fifty- j yard dash from flom a classy field Varnall YarI Yar- Yar j I nall nail of ot Illinois was se second ond and Kelt Kelly Kelty I placed third d. The first 1 three to finish had equaled the record In their preliminary heats I K Kennedy of ot Wisconsin ran an to toa toa I I Ia a victory victor in the quarter mile mlle race I I finishing T a comfortable lead I II I i over o Cuhel of Iowa second Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- j erts the Iowa negro entry took the 1 i lead on the first lap but faltered losing third place to Feinsinger of I Michigan Chick Werner of Illinois and Phin Guthrie of Ohio State who ran a n dead heat in the yard seventy yard five i hurdles at the he Illinois relays two weeks ago settled their thel controversy tonight when the athlete beat Guthrie to the tape In the sixty sixty- yard high hurdle race establishing a new worlds world's re record ord of 07 5 The former record of 5 was made by Carl of ot the Newark N. N J J. A. A C. C competing In I Nw New York City two years ago thIs month The Bucl Buckeye eye hurdler a 0 former Olympic lc athlete was close clos on the heels of ot the footed fleet-footed Werner Vernel Both Iloth men took the first hurdle si simultaneously simultaneously simultaneously si- si and ind ran side by side until the last barrier when Werner Werner ner nor forged slightly t to the front He widened this advantage In the tho fi final il- il nat nab sprint Victor Chapman of Wisconsin clipped p eel six and M. M sec seconds from the Hie conference record in Sn the two two two-nille race winning in 9 5 5 2 The little Badger Badget completely outclassed out out- classed cla ed a a. field of ct twenty competitors tors and finished finished- with a yard thirty-yard advantage over HUlln o of Iowa who ran lan second second- Chapman took the lead on the first lap and was wag never headed Hunn Huna kept ept on his Ms heels until the last lap when the Wisconsin runner started a brilliant spurt sp which carried him himfar himfar far fat in n the lead The old record was yield held by Phelps of Iowa made In in last las years year's meet I First place in the polo pole vault was split three ways with wIt Boyle of ot Iowa Barnes Barn s of Illinois and White of ot Illinois al ai ali jumping 12 feet 6 inches C Captain Martin u rUn of Northwestern ran to a brilliant victory Ictor in the half mile mUel coming from behind In the thelast thelast last half lap and beating out Caine Calne of Indiana in the last twenty yards Martin rung behind t for or the first few laps but slowly edged to the front The time was 9 10 A 4 worlds world's indoor record In the yard sixty high hurdles was was was' smashed two Big Ten marks fell felland felland and andone one was tied in the record record- breaking in P. P which 30 30 athletes from the ten universities in the conference conference confer confer- ence participated Tho balance of points in the battIe battle bat bat- tIe tle royal of scoring were divided as follows Illinois fourth with 3 Ohio State fifth with 8 Chicago and Northwestern tied for sixth with 6 points each finished seventh seventh sev soy with 6 5 points P Purdue eighth with 2 and Minnesota 1 pulled up in ninth place with a single point |