Hoosiers Are Track Champs Of Conference

Hoosiers Are Track Champs Of Conference<br><br>Canham And Mile Relay Team Of Michigan Repeat<br><br>CHICAGO -(/Pi- Nine-tenths of the track and field section of the Big Ten conference still were seeing red today—the crimson of Indiana University.<br><br>The Hoosiers, fulfilling almost every expectation Saturday night not only jarred Michigan loose from its seven-year hold on the indoor conference title, but ran up a point total surpassed only twice in 31 years of competition. Indiana, completely dominating the field from 440 yards through two miles and picking up other useful points here and there, collected 44 points to 33% for the Wolverines. Michigan scored 49 % points in winning the 1935 renewal for the all-time conference high mark, while Illinois amassed 45 points in 1921.<br><br>Led From Start Indiana was the winner from the completion of the first final event—the mile run. Head man of the great Hoosier brigade, Campbell Kane won the mile in 4:16, and Paul Kendall and Wayne Tolliver finished third and fourth, respectively, to give Indiana 10 points. Kane later came back to complete the only “double” of the evening by galloping off with the half mile in 1:54.8 Fleet Roy Cochran gave Indiana the 440-yard title in 48.4 seconds, only two-tenths of a second lower than his own American indoor standard, and Fred Wilt and Tolliver finished first and second in the two-mile event. Wilt and Tolliver dominated the event so completely that the former was able to win in 9 minutes, 30 seconds, the slowest time in conference title competition for the event in more than 15 years.<br><br>Badger Wins<br><br>The only unexpected dent in the Hoosier front was made by George Paskvan, brawny Wisconsin star, who whipped Indiana's Archie Harris in the shotput with a toss of 49 feet, 8 inches. This mild reverse was offset by the broad jump victory of Hoosier Bob Burnett, who leaped 22 feet, 7 5-8 inches.<br><br>Michigan came up with titles in the one-mile relay on a 3:20.3 performance, and in the high jump in which Don Canham cleared 6 feet, 3 3-4 inches. Bob Ufer, son of C. -E. Ufer, Wolverine middle-distance star 25 years ago, gave Cochran a smart tussle in the 440-yard dash, and Charles Decker tied with James Defield of Minnesota in the pole vault which went to Bill Williams of Wisconsin, at 13 feet, 10% inches.<br><br>Soph Wins Hurdles<br><br>Record performances were contributed by Bob Wright, brilliant Ohio State sophomore who won the 70-yard high hurdles in 8.5 seconds, and Don Olsen, Illinois veteran, who took the 70-yard lows in :07.9. Wright’s time was a tenth of a second faster than the listed American indoor mark set in 1936 by Dan Caldemeyer of Indiana, and tied later by Bob Osgood and Elmer Gedeon of Michigan, and also tied the conference record established by Lee Sentman of Illinois in 1930. Wright negotiated six hurdles while Sentman set his mark over five.<br><br>Olsen clipped Mother ’tenth of a second off the low hurdles mark after winning the semi-final heat Friday in 8 seconds. The listed mark is • 8.2 seconds and was set in 1921 by Earl Thomson of Dartmouth. Olsen also did his work over six obstacles; Thomson over five.<br><br>Point winners of the other school? were Ohio State, 30%; Hlinois, 21; Northwestern and Wisconsin, 15; Purdue, 9; Minnesota 8%; Chicago, 3%. Iowa did not<br><br>i by Kane. Indiana:<br><br>second. Eisenhart, Ohio S dall, Indiana; fourth, louver, ir fifth Schoenike, Wisconsin. Time, -<br><br>Won by Franck, er. Northwestern;<br><br>' 'h Hammond, Ohio _________ .nth. Mel. Mica'— '™—- " g<br><br>440-yard . _ . _____<br><br>icond, Ufer, Michigan; third, Anthony, urdue; fourth, Jenkens, Indiana; fifth,<br><br>Bailey, Illinois. ~........... _.<br><br>70-yard High Hurdles: Won by Wright, Ohio State; second, Olsen, Illinois; third, Horvath, Northwestern: fourth, Finch,<br><br>Northwestern; fifth. Sulzman. Ohio State, ■"ime, :08.5 seconds .(Betters American idoor record of :08.6).<br><br>Shotput: Won "by Packvan. Wisconsin. ) feet, S inches: second, Harris, Indian: third. Hook, Michigan, 48 feet lli inche. fourth, Weber, Purdue; fifth, Rendleman, Chicago.<br><br>Two-mile run: Won by Wilt. Indiana; second, Tollive: ................<br><br>second. Brown, Illinois; ,m.„. wdwi-bach, Michigan; fourth, Eisenhart, Ohio State: fifth, Randall, Chicago. Time. 1 minute 54.4 seconds.<br><br>70-yard low hurdles; Won by Olsen, 1111->is; second, Wright. Ohio State; ” ' ' -homas, Michigan: fourth. H<br><br>Northwestern; fifth, Rankin. Purdue. Time (betters listed American<br><br>-------------- Won by Burnett, Indiana,<br><br>22 feet 7% inches; second, Lewis, Illi-third, McFadzean, Wisconsin; fourth, — '; fifth, ................... .......<br><br>ard, Dobson, Thomas, Ufer). ..........<br><br>diana; third, Ohio State: fourth, Purdue; fifth, Illinois. Time, 3 minutes, 20.3 seconds.<br><br>Pole vault: Won by W ....................<br><br>sin, 13 feet 1014 inches; tied for second and third, Decker. Michigan and De Feld. Minnesota; fourth, Schmidt, Ohio State; fth, ThisUethwaite, Northwestern.<br><br>High jump: Won by Canham. Michigan, feet 3!i inches: second, Jones, Ohio late; tied for third, fourth and fifth. D. nrtth and J. Smith. Northwestern; Ray, Chicago, and Sperling,