- ,.;, ''P MNESDAY, MARCH IS, 1926 Y Tl HE M1CKI. A A i -, PAGE S-Ev'rw WEE>NESDAY, MARCH 13, l92~ - PAGE S~V~ THE MICHIGAN DAILY ®®Yi What Varsity Tracknmen Did At The Conference Meet C ------------ ------------- --- _ (Continued From Page 6) The Wolves -qualified five men in the preliminaries -and registered points in four of the ten events to nose out Ohio State and flnish ahead of live vother Conference teams. With the improvement that is ybound to come with competition the Maize and Blue team will un- doubtedly be a formidable oppo- nent in dual meets and the out- door championships in May. In practically every event in the Michigan entries failed to place, it was simply a case of lack of competition; the Wolves always finished just out of the money and this is something that will probably be largely overcome as soon as they get a few more meets under their belt. At least a half dozen of the ,pres- ent Michigan squad are untried sophomore performers and in view of the fact that the Indoor Con- ference meet was their first taste of Big Ten competition, as a group they acquitted themselves remark- ably well. Eddie Tolan, sophomore sprint flash, proved that he must be considered one of the out- standing dash men in the Big Ten by forcing George Simp- son, Ohio's title holder, to break his own record in the 60. Tolan pushed the Buckeye all the way and finished ,a scant two feet behind him in !the fi- nals after tieing his natk in both the preliminaries and the semiinals. Another Wolverine, Eddie Grods -ky, survived the preliminary heat in the sprint, finishing second to Root of Chicago, but was eliminat- ed in the semifinals when Simpson and Root placed one two. Cliff; Murray, the third Michigan sprint- er, encountered hard :luck :at the; outset when he drew Simpson of Ohio and East ,of .Chicago, in his' initial heat, but ran well to finish: third just behind the : aroon flash. OneHof the upsets 4f the meet occurred in the dash prelimin- -aries when Larson, Wisconsin veteran, was nosed out byf Timm of Illinois. The officials ruled that Larson was entitled "to :a place after :seeing pictures of the event Saturday, but both Tolan and'Timm finished ahead of him in the semifinals. Jack Tarbill was the only Wol- verine quarter miler to qualify for the finals, finishing a close second to Henke ;of Wisconsin iA the fast- est heat of the preliminaries, :51.4. Half an hour later he came back to run a brilliant race and defeat Stevenson, Iowa veteran, and Dav- idson of Wisconsin in :52.3. Tarbill did not compete in the finals, 'however, as he drew the outside -position -and was serattchle to save his energy for the last event on the program, the mile relay. Michigan qualified a man in the 70 yard high hurdles -when Potter, a sophomore, finished second to Burkhart of Illinois in the fast time -of :0$.8. Although eliminated in the semifinals, the Wolverine took fourth place in the consola- tion event. White of Illinois, and Moul- ton of Iowa, proved too much for Al Lomont, Michigan vet- eran, in the half mile and he fiished,,third in the prelimin- ary heat, but came back strong to take first in the consolation 880 in 2:00 ahead of Bunning of Illinois, Williams of Chicago and Heintz of Ohio. Benson, the other Iichigan half miler, was also eliminated in the pre- liminary heat. The second veteran to fall by the wayside in this event was Dick Wil- liams, Chicago's outdoor 880 cham- pion; Williams was stricken with a, cramp near the end of the race and was unable to finish. After leading the field for five laps, Austin, Wolverine sopho- more tmiler, was outdistanced by Letts of Chicago, Stine of Il liiois, Seidon of Illinois and Leas of Indiana. He came back to run well in the consolation event Saturday, however, filn- ishing second to Me of W is- conn)in 4:26.1. Perhaps the biggest disappoibt- ment of the meet as far as the Wolverines were concerned was the showing of the two milers. Wuer- ful and Monroe, neither of whom finished in the money. Monroe had to drop out at the half way mark on account of cramps, while Wuer- ful was forced to content himself with sixth. Michigan picked up points in two of the three field events on the program, the shot put and the high jump. Bud Poorman -displayed markedl fourth place with a put of 42 feet numbered among the ranks -of the 6/, inches to finish just behind trackmen by allowing Eddie Grod- Weaver, Chicago giant. Among sky to draw the first place medal those defeated by the Wolverine for him. were Roberts of Iowa and Klein of{ Chicago. The lone Wolverine entry in the high jump, Felker, tied for first with five others at 5 feet 9 7-8 inches. After the conipe- tition had been completed, Fel- ker satisfied himself that he could have taken first by dlear- ing the bar at 6 feeat. He established himself as one of the more fortunate individuals Competition in the pole vault proved much too keen for Er- ickson, the single Michigan en- try in the event aid he failed to clear the bar at 12 feet. Michigan placed third in the re- lay largely due to the sensational performance of Dale Seymour who took the baton in last place out- sprinted the field to hand it to his brother, Dalton, at least five yards ahead of the others. .. .. . i improvement over any of year's performances by his last taking'