Show I RAMO I JS lE EAT T coL I ICINGS GS UP RECORD First class arent aren't so overly plentiful In collegiate athletics ath athletics just at present There are area area area a few tew outstanding ones however One of thc these e is ls R Ralph lph hills great great- athlete Hills ranks right along with those t tO t 0 California celebrities Hartranft 1 and Houser Hills differs a bit from bit from the west west- westerners westerners westerners erners though In that his events are the shot and hammer while the others compete In the pill pili and discus pastimes It was os In the 1925 eastern In- In In that Hills made one of his most notable showings lIe had a bitter contest with Houser on that occasion for tor shot putting honors The pair fought one of the great great- greatest greatest est cst battles ever e waged In the seven seven- seven foot foot circle Hills tills finally won out by some six Inches He Ha was forced to lInChes heave the leaden ball 49 feet n l InChes for a new Intercollegiate record The year before Hills whipped Houser also butas but was as as himself de- de de defeated by Hartranft 1 The winners toss was almost two Inches less than Hills Bills hung up last season That campaign Hills added to the ton ton Prince total by getting getting- fourth In the hammer throw Hills lulls was a member of the Ameri Amen American American can gota Iota Olympic team la 1924 He lIe got a outdone third in the shot put being out out- out done by both his old rivals Rouser Houser and Hartranft In that clash Ills Ids best effort was just a a little over o 48 feet |