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TRAIN WRECKDELAYS IOWATRACK SQUADBresnahan’s Athletes Reach Lawrence Just in Time to Compete and Win One Mile Relay EventSix hundred miles and all for nothing.That was the trip which closed yesterday morning at 10 12 o’clock when Ray Mann, high jumper, John EveiIngham, sprinter, Lowell Phelps , Quartsivmiler and Jack Boyles, pole vaulter, stepped oft the easlbound Rock Island train after travelling to the Kansas ‘relay cainrval at Lawrence, Kan., Saturday.The four Hawkcje athletes left here Friday night at 7 50 o’clock for Kansas City, taking a sleeper from Columbus Junction. But Saturday morning they woke up at 7*30 o’clock in Ottumwa, la. A wreck along the Rock Island lines had held up their train to Kansas City ancMhey.were unable to reach Lawrence until 4*30 o’clock in the afternoon, in time for the mile relay quartet to compete and Hunn and Elliott to run m the special 3,000-meter race.Phalps ran m the special 440-yard dash against Adnan Faulen, Dutch quarter-miler -who is touring the country, but failed to place. Griffin of the Oregon Aggies was second and MacAdow of Kansas was third. Mann, Boyles and Ev-eringham were too late to get into the events in which they weie entered , Coach Bresnahan's half-mile and quarter-mile relay teams were left out of the competition, also.Mile Relay Team WmBBut the mile team, despite the d hectic train ride , chased themselves from the Lawreuee depot into the countryside where the Unneisity of Kansas stadium is located and. jumping Into their j 1 track apparel ran out onto the ^eda5-r~o3l-daeIBi-b3tIar-1-5hue:oe*f-3■7track in time to gat set for the! 2race- Beatty, Swenson, Roberts j and Cuhel had little difficulty in ( annexing the Dr. John Outland,.! trophy for the third time in four {tyears and establishing a new re- p cord for the event. The Hawk- j £eyes covered the distance in *, g minutes, 20 seconds, beating thej tcmark hung up by Grinnell college last year by 4-10 of a second.Hunn was beaten in the special 3,000-meter run by the Indian run- j t ner, Osif, frrfm Haskel! Institute, j who was clocked in 9 minutes, 3 j t 840 seconds, Hubbard of Minue-1 j sota, whom Hunn defeated In a j j cross country race at Minneapolis j x/nartie.4d-3Sredw;oh-1last fall, ran second and Welch of Hastings college was fourth. Elliott failed to place for Iowa,Dauber Below Usual FormCaptain Ray Dauber was far below form at the Ohio State relays. Columbus, and lost to Lyons of Illinois, who broke the record, set j g up by the Hawkeye leader last year. Lyons heaved the shot 44 feet, 6 1-2 inches, one-half inch farther than the former mark. Dauber was second, followed by Lovett of Michigan. Spike” Kelson placed fourth in the weight triathlon, which consisted of the hammer throw, shot put, and discus throw. Hawkins of Michigan was first, Shively of Illinois was second and Allman of Michigan State Normal was third. Lovetts of Michigan finished fifth.Although various press sen ices carried reports of the Iowa two-mile relay team placing ■second at the Ohio State relays, the Hawks were competing in the home relay carmcal on Iowa Field Saturday afternoon. The quartet will prop-ably be taken to Drake this weekend however.
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Iowa City Press Citizen
Iowa City, Iowa, US
Mon, Apr 19, 1926
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