_THE MICHIGAN DAILY r. a ar ii ".a f. ;1 a 5 ""Y f at r"Y' ',~ra 5 : , 5 Iarat ' Y I I t . y "" cot LIFOHNIATRACK MEN TAKE FIRST IINTERCOLLEGIATE MEET Stars Repeat Performance Last Year by Wining Big Track Classic of CETON AMD STANFORD TAKE SECOND AND THIRD e'eping aside their competitors eastern universities in the finals e forty-sixth annual track and championships of the Intercol te Association of Amateur Ath- of America held on Soldier's Cambridge, Mass., last Saturday noon, Coach Wallie Christie's ngent of track performers wear- he colors of the University of ornia, ran up the overwhelming of 40 1-2 pqints and took an easy place. This is the second time that the Bruin team has copped first honors of the meet in as many years. Princeton Second Second honors of the meet went to the track team representing Prince- ton when the Orange and Black per- formers garnered 31 points. Stan- ford's athletes -came back strong in the finals of the events and were third high team when the points were dis- tributed. They had a total of 26 1-2 points to their credit, while the dark horse of the eastern outfits took the fourth place when Cornell's team ran up a total of 21 1-2 points. The Red and Blue Pennsylvanians were fifth place team with 16 points, and Iar- Yard took sixth place with 14. Two new record marks for the meetl were set Saturday.,/ The first of these came when Al Leconey, the fleet foot- ed star representing Lafayette, step- ped over the 100 yard path in 9 7-10 seconds. This mark is one-tenth of a second faster than the old record. Leconey's work was true to form Saturday, and he vied favorably with Jack Merchant for individual honors of the meet. Leconey covered the 220 yard course in 21 3-10 seconds, which' time is just one-tenth of a second from the record of the meet now held by Bernie Wefers, Sr. New Nark in High Jump L. T. Brown of Dartmouth set the second record of the day when he crossed the high jump bars at 6 feet, 4 5-8 inches, just one-eighth of an inch betterthan all previous marks. The old mark of 6 feet, 4 1-2 inches was set by Wesley M. Celer, when he cleared the bar at this distance in the 1915 meet. Merchant Star of Meet. Leconey's records and great dis- plays of speed -and stamina in the events failed to label him as the indi- vidual star of the meet. Instead, Jack Merchant, the Pacific coast star, camel in for this honor when he gathered in just 13 points by himself. His work in the field events formed the impetus for the California team, it is said, and! he stood out as the leading athlete of& pointed javelin flying 177 feet, 10 inch- es for fourth place in that event, and tok fourth place in the running broad jump when he covered 22 feet, 7 1-4 inches in the pit. His work throughout the entire meet was probably the most scilliant feature of the day, and a large ma- joriy of the 15,000 sports fans who were presnt to view the performances of the classic, watched Merchant most eagerly., Leconey Sets Record However, Leconey's work was ap- preciated by the large crowd of spec- tators and when, with a terrific bnst of speed, he whizzed over the century course in less than 10 seconds, he was given a great ovation by those present. He qualified in the prelimin- aries on Friday when he covered the distance in 9 4-5 seconds. This time, while it equaled the record then stand- ing, was' not satisfactory to the sterl- ing sprinter and Saturday, with a strong wind at his back, he ran the event in record time, clipping his time in the preliminary event by 1-10 of a second. At the outset of the final in this event Eddie Sudden of Stanford and F. K. Lovejoy of Cornell took the lead but Leconey came through with a sadden burst of speed, and as he cov- ered the last 40 yards, he semed to V.. 4 the 105 who were entered as repre-I gain speed on every stride. He gain- sentatives of 21 American colleges and # ed the lead over the other men when frlichigan Tennis Team Makes Good Showing ,At Conference Tournament ( universities. Merchant's greatest achievement of the meet came when he tossed the hammer 171 feet and 2 inches. This mark stood the onslaught of the other athletes in this event and gave Mer- chant first place. With a heave of 44 feet, 10 1-2 inches, this same well developed westerner took second hon- ors in the shot put. He sent the steel just past the halfway sign, and held' it in safety the remainder of the course. Lovejoy pressed him closely and won second in the race. NOTICE I am buying old clothes and paying the highest prices. $3.00 to $10.00 for suits. Call 1677-W or bring them to 203 N. Main St. Dave Mordsky.-Adv Michigan's showing in the Confer- ence tennis championship tournament at Chicago last Thursday, Friday and Saturday was indeed gratifying. Al- though none of the Wolverine rac- quetmen succeeded in reaching the finals in either the singles or dou- bles, the playing of the tean as a whole was probably equal to that of any other at previous Big Ten tour- neys. The team, which early predic- tions pointed to as being weak, show- ed surprising strength, not only on its eastern trip where every one of the five matches played were turned into. victories, but also at the tourney last week-end. Merkel, Reindel Reach Semi-finals Capt. Charles Merkel and George Reindel reached the semi-final round on Friday, only to fall before Meyers and Norton, respectively, on the fol- lowing morning. Nelson Meyers of Illinois won the singles championship on Saturday aft- ernoon by triumphing over Henry Norton of Minnesota in the final round by the scores of 5-7, 8-6, 6-2, 6-4. The match was hard fought throughout, both men being excellent back-court players, and it was only because the Illinois man out-witted his opponent that he won the title. Frankenstein and Stag of Chicago won the doubles championship by triming Judd and Wirthwein of Ohio in the final round by the scores of 6-4, 6-2, 6-0. The entire team came through the first round of play successfully. The second round was rather fatal to two Michian men, Rorich and Sanchez losing their matches at this stage of play. kerkel scored wins over Parish of Ohio, Pideon of Minnesota and Frankenstein of Chicago, the last match was close at first with Merkel finally winning by 5-7, 9-7, 6-1 scores. Meyers defeated him in the semi-fin- als by the scores of 6-1, 8-6, 8-6. This match was hard fought and Merkel hung on until the very last point in