Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 27 | Byron Grant Ties for Third in High Jump at Drake Carnival

RANT mON i AT 4 CARNIvAL r BUCK ONLY UTE TO PLACE I II I IN IOWA COLORADO MEETS Ii Crimson Football Shuttle 0 Runners Runne s. s Fai Fail to Cut Into Points Point DES MO MOINES ES Iowa April 27 27 Byron Buck Buck Grant Grant of the Uni University Un- Un of Utah tied ted with two other jumpers for hird 1 place in in the high high jump at the Drake Rei Relay a y carnival here toda today Grant failed f le t to place pl c in n the high hurdle JM event while the Utah football re relay relay re- re lay team failed to place In the 40 yard ard relay G Grant ran t slipped ed over the bar at 5 feet 9 4 1 4 1 inches In th the high Jump to tie Douglass r- r of Grinnell and Beard of at Ne- Ne Grant br braska The winner Shelby of Oklahoma Oklahoma leaped C G feet 4 1 inches of Iowa and Hackle of the Western Vestern State Teachers another another an an- other Rocky Mountain conference school tied ted for second of ot Illinois won the hurdle hurdle hur hur- dle event in 1 The he Army football football foot foot- ball lettermen won the special specia relay The team was composed ol of Murrell furrel Messenger fessenger Sprague and Hal Sail Nebraska finished second Notre Dame third and Texas fourth fouth DAN BEATTIE TAKES 2 THIRDS Dan Beattie Beate of the Colorado Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural college took third place in inthe inthe the discus throw which was won by Jark of ot the Army with wih a heave of ot I feet 3 inches and third in the i shot put which White of Teachers took w with wh h a mark of 47 feet 4 2 1 inches Eddie Tolan colored of Michigan a former Salt Lake boy took third place placa in the yard dash DES Iowa April Apri 27 21 AP AP Charging through a a downour downpour down down- pour our of rain that turned the infield Into nto a quagmire and the track into a puddle athletes competing in the finals of or the Drake relay carnival I i today succeeded despite these wretched conditions in breaking another an an- other worlds world's record and smashing three more records for the Drake meet Four crack University of ot Illinois hurdlers Trimble Burkhardt Rogers Rogers Rog Rog- ers and shattered the worlds world's record in the yard shuttle shut shut- tle te hurdle relay by scissoring their wa way over the sticks in 3 10 03 03 2 10 seconds off of the mark set by Ohio state in the Penn relays relas a year ear ago Wilfred Wifred Ketz of the University o of Michigan set a. a new ne' carnival r recon cord of 8 5 2 in feet inches the hamme hammer ham ham- mer me while George o of Minnesota in a a surprising victory established a a record of 13 feet 4 5 1 inches in the polo vau vault t. t Illinois was was responsible for the third record rec rec- ord old setting a a mark of ot 1024 10 2 in the university me medley ley relay rey with the veterans White Stine and Abbott Abbot carr carrying the bato baton 1100 SEE DRAKE MEET Running true to form Claude Bracey the Texas tornado fron Rice institute accredited with running run ning the 10 yard Jard dash in 09 5 2 two weeks ago splashed to victory Victor in the century today a. a a comfortable winner winne in 09 O 8 Br Bracey cey had a a lead of two yards on the field field at the half hal wa way mark and increased It with ever ever- step breaking the tape abou about three yards ahead of ot Jack Elder Notre Dame flier fer Drace Bracey ran his preliminary heat yesterday in 7 10 and his performance per per- today although a tenth of or ofa ora a second slower was considered re remarkable because of the sloppy con condition con dlton of the track When tho sprinters left the mark a a steady drizzling rain was beating down dOn on 01 them and shortly shorty thereafter turned into a a downpour that drenched the 2500 athletes and soaked the lOO spectators to the skin SURPRISES IN POLE VAULT victory w with th tho Barn Bar boo pole was one of oi th t surprise f of the meet He defeated amon others su such b high filers l r as Tomm Tomm arne Warne of Northwestern and Henry Henr Canby of or Iowa both of whom hn hail consistently cleared cleared more than 1 l feet in indoor competition Ca b Canby and Warne with wih three others wh tied ted for second place could do na nl better beter today than 12 feet 6 inches Carl Jark the giant West est who smashed the worlds world's record foi or the discus throw yesterday with wit feet teet 3 inches failed to this mark in the fn finals ls tod today Just to show that there here was no fooling in his achievement of da yesterday I however he tossed tosse feet teet this af af In the special race for of football teams the United State military academy first with Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska second Notre Dame and Texas fourth for the qu quarter mile mie was 43 9 ILLINOIS WINS MAJOR HONORS Illinois romped away away with wih th major share of the tho relays relas rela's capturing four with Iowa a taking three In addition to the shuttle shute and University sity distance dela delay the WOI the four mile mie and the 40 yard re reo lay Iowa won the mile mie two mile and halt half mile mie events event