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Show I Illinois Takes INDGDRCONTEST Western Conference Mark j for the High Jump Is Smashed Chicago, March :i University of Illinois athletes repeated their triumphs tri-umphs of 1920 by winning the West-era West-era Conference IndOOr trade and field championships at Northwestern university uni-versity Saturday with 45 pounds. Michigan Mich-igan was second with 254 and Wisconsin Wis-consin third with 2 3. Minnesota was fourth with six points. Iowa was rifth with thres and a half and Chicago sixth with two. Illinois scored in eight ot the ten events The conference record for the running high Jump was smashed and the mark for the sixty-yard high hurdles hur-dles was equalled. RUNNING EVEHT& The summary: One mile run Won by Reltzer, Minnesota: Wall, Wisconsin, second. Harrison. Purdue, third; Hart, North-western, North-western, fourth. Time 4:31 2-5. 440-yard run Won by Butler, Michigan; Donohoe. Illinois, second: Fields Illinois, third; Keyser. Wlscon-sin, Wlscon-sin, fourth. 6 0-vard dash: Won by Simmons, Michigan; losch. Michigan. second; Knollin. Wisconsin, third: Wilson. Iowa, fourth Time, 05 3-5. 60-vard hurdles Won by Knollin. Wisconsin. Wallace, Illinois, second; Sargent Michigan, third; Crawford. Iowa, fourth. Time. :07 3-5 Two-mile run. on by Wharton, II-linols. II-linols. Allman, Illinois, second, Iuisen-berr, Iuisen-berr, ll!lnoi9, third (JiuimnlU, Minnesota, Min-nesota, fourth Time. 9-46 3-5. POM l Ii. Pole vault. Wilder and Merrick of Wisconsin, tied for first rind second; Westbrook of Michigan and McGrc-gor McGrc-gor of Purdue tied for third and fourth- Height. 12 feet 880-yard run Won by Yates, II-linols; II-linols; Brown. Illinois, second 1 Nash, fl Wisconsin, third; Burkholder, Michi gan, fourth. Tims 1 59 1-6 Mile relay: Won by Illinois; Michigan, Mich-igan, second, f'htc.ic third Wlscon-sin. Wlscon-sin. fourth. Time. 3:29 1-5 Shot put: Won by Weiss, Illinois. Vanorden, Michigan, second; Stipe. "Michigan, third; Sundt, Wisconsin, fourth. Distance, 4 3 feet 2 Inches-XEW Inches-XEW MARK All 1NKD D. V. Alberts of Illinois established establish-ed a new conference record for the running high jump with ;i leap of 6 feet, 4 1-8 inches. The former rec-rd rec-rd f fi iro' 1-2 inch was made by Wahl of Wisconsin in 1914 Hofl I man of Iowa and Pence of Purdue tied for third. ! The record of :07 3-5 for the 60- II ard high hurdles established bv Carl Johnson of Michigan ;i veai .i was tied by Knollin of Wisconsin, who won the event in a thrilling finish With Wallace of Illinois J! FAST TIME MADE. j1 Swcltzer of Minnesota won the mile I event from nineteen starters. He shot i into the lead on the lasi lap after I Patterson of Illinois ha.i held the lead from the start, winning In 4.31 2-6, I The 440-yard run developed Into a race between Butler ot Michigan and Donohoe of IlllnolM with Butler ths vlct-s by two yarns- Ho covered the distance in 5 1 4-i Simons fi Michigan broke the t.npc a scant few inches ahead 0,f his team-mate. team-mate. L.osch. m winning the 50-yard dash. Wilson of Iowa was fourth. The timo was .05 2-8, a fifth of a second sec-ond slower than the conference rec-ord. rec-ord. Less than a yard separated the first and fourth man ; ILLINOIS FEAT! RES Illinois won the first three places in the two-mile run. Wharton won it In 9 46 3-5 by advancing Into the lead soon after the start ami Increas-lug Increas-lug his margin as he neared the finish. fin-ish. The Illinois quartette of runners won the one-mIl relay with MJcJil-gan MJcJil-gan third, and Wlscon i fou th. The time was 3:29 1-5. a fifth ol a second slower than the conference record Illinois also won the shot-put wl'h Weiss the victor with a heave of 43 feet 2Vl Inches |