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Ottawa was host to some 150 Kansas Conference stars on last Friday and Saturday, and about seven of those 150 went away bearing the honor of holding a new state record. For in the track and field meet that was held at that .time there were eight new records, established.Kansas State Normal easily won the meet with a total of 46 points. College of Emporia was second with 22S; Pittsburg' Normal third,22, and Washburn fourth with 21 points.Lige Williams, star colored sprinter of the Emporia teachers, was the attraction of the meet, and his stepping in the century and the two-twenty yard dashes was something to be marveled at.In the finals of the hundred on Saturday, he .made the excellent and almost unbeatable time of 9.7 seconds. Noticing his remarkable stride, Professor Utt, announcer, measured between two of the sprinter's spike-. prints and found his average stride to be 71 feet. By winning these two events, Williams was liigh-point man of the meet. His records will probably stand for some time to come. He stepped off the 220 in :21.8 .8 second better than the old mark.Earl McKown, another Teachers’ man, held the crowd awe-struck, at each leap of his over the bamboo pole. He tried to establish a new mark at 12 feet 0 inches, but failed by a margin of 2 inches.Sherer, of the Normals, 220 low hurdles expert, broke his record of last year, with a run of 24.4, the.former mark being 25.6,Dunning, the high hurdler, from the same school, tied his record of last year, at :15.G, but it fatted to count, due to.the fact that two of the obstacles were tipped over.Smith, Ottawa, and Olds, Ottawa, were the only two men who placed in the meet. Smith took first, in the javelin throw, with a toss of 160 it, ill in. This is within 9. ft. £ w. of the state record. Olds placed a second in the broad jump, with Mounts of the Friends placing first.Purma, Pittsburg Normal, set a new record in the shot put, with a heave of 44 ft. 92 in., breaking the old record by 2 feet 3 inches.Fowler, of the same school, set up a new mark, by only £ of an inch, m the high jump. This was remarkable, In that he was jumping at about inch over his head, he being a short, stocky fellow. But his pedal extremities seemed to. hold an awful amount of the old “mule” for he rieai^ed the with seeming ease at 5 ft. losehes. • „ , .. . «Wiley, of the Friends University ot ichita, broke the state mark in the scus bv 4 ft. 8£ in. Cole was doped take this event, but fell down mewhat in the test. He placed aThe Washburn relay team won the e mile relay in the excellent time 3:28, breaking the old state record2.3 seconds. . . _ .Streit, of the same , school, lowered e mark in the quarter-mile to 61.6. McKeever, Kansas. Wesleyan, broke e record in the two-mil^event by ing the eight laps in 10:10.5, 0 of a cond better than the former mark-The golf tournament was played on^ j 1___ D ril 1 in CTOV OTme gou touniMiat.w r- *___Friday and Saturday, Bollinoi of ker taking home the cup offeredArthur Capper. -streit took home the quarter-m i to Washburn and the relay team k the cup offered by the Chamber Commerce of Ottawa, for
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Tue, May 22, 1923
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