Wolverine Track Team Swamps Ohio State And Spartans

Wolverine Track Team Swamps Ohio State And Spartans

Dupre Scores 16 Points For Buckeye Team

Michigan Captures Six Firsts Rolling Up Score Of 82

Piling up 82 points, the University of Michigan’s track squad virtually ran away from two traditional rivals, Michigan State and Ohio State, in a triangular track meet here Saturday. The Buckeyes were second with 41 1/2 points and the Spartans counted 25 1/2 points.

Dallas Dupre, fleet Buckeye star benched throughout the winter with a leg injury, bounded back Into Big Ten conference prominence. Collecting individual honors. Dupre scored 16 points for Ohio State, taking three firsts and a fourth.

Dupre won victories in the century, furlong and broad jump, and although he missed his stride on the eighth barrier, he took fourth in the low hurdles.

Michigan captured six firsts on a 14-event card. Army Pvt. Charles Marshall, formerly of Butler U, paced the Wolverines with a win in the low hurdles and second in the high hurdles.

Other Michigan winners were Ross Hume in the mile, Bob Ufer in the 440-yard dash, Jim Byerly in the 120-yard high hurdles, Bob Segula in the pole vault, and the one-mile relay team of Bill Matney, Willis Glas, Don Sternisha and Bob Ufer.

Michigan State's two winners were Milne in the high jump and Page in the two-mile run.

The summary:

Mile run—Ross Hume (M), Scott (MS), Matthews (M), Barnard (M). Time— 4:26.7.

440-yard dash—Ufer (M), Glas (M), Matney (M), Kaulitz (MS). Time— :49.5.

100-yard dash—Dupre (OS), Hatfield (OS), Alkon (M), McCarthy (MS). Time—:09.9.

120-yard high hurdles—Byerly (M), Marshall (M), Buschman (MS), Stroia (M ). Time—:15.3.

880-yard run—Jones (OS), Roxborough (M), Liggett (MS), Matthews (M). Time—1:55.8.

220-yard dash—Dupre (OS), Alkon (M), Hatfield (OS), McCarthy (MS). Time—:22.

Two-mile run—Page (MS), Leonardi (M), Bob Hume (M), Conant (M). Time—9:42.

220-yard low hurdles—Marshall (M), Pinney (M), Sears (M), Dupre (OS). Time— :24.4.

Mile relay—Michigan (Matney, Sternisha, Glas, Ufer), Michigan State (Liggett, Kennedy, Von Eberstein, Kaulitz), Ohio State (Snowden, Ganiard, Young, Jones).

Pole Vault—Segular and Moody (M) tied for first at 12 feet, Maclear (M) and Roberts (MS) tied for third at 11 ft. 6 in.

Shot put—Willis (OS) 44 ft. 10 3/4 in., Gardner (M) 43 ft. 11 1/2 in., Kraeger (M) 43 ft. 9 3/4 in., Dugger (OS) 42 ft. 1 3/4 in.

High jump—Milne (MS) 6 ft. 2 1/8 in., Gardner (M) 6 ft. 1 1/8 in., Stroia (M) 5 ft. 10 1/8 in., Taylor (M) and Hill (OS) tied for fourth at 5 ft. 8 1/8 in.

Broad jump—Dupre (OS) 22ft. 7 in., Tyler (OS) 22 ft. 1 in., Kaulitz (MS) 21 ft. 1 1/2 in.

Discus—Dugger (OS) 128 ft. 9 7/8 in., Gardner (M) 123 ft. 3/8 in., Kraeger (M) 117 ft. 10 in., Baker (MS) 115 ft. 3 1/8 in.

440 IS WOLVERINE PARADE: Michigan's track team swamped Ohio State and Michigan State in a dual meet here Saturday, winning by a wide margin. The Wolverines started their rout of the Buckeyes and the Spartans in the 440, the finish of which is shown above.

Michigan took first, second and third in this race as Bob Ufer is shown winning, Willis Glas placing second and Bill Matney taking third.

This same trio, together with Don Sternisha, returned later to capture the first place for Michigan in the mile relay. The Wolverines scored 82 points with Ohio getting 41 1/2 and State 28 1/2.