Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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r- S Y L L A B U .y i s DROEGEMUELLER, Captain RETTIG HERMANSEN BAGGE Displaying the same run-to-win attitude that characterized Northwestern trackmen in previous meets, another dual contest was pulled from the fire when a defeat over Purdue was registered, 41-4o. Starting the season with a team that was not overly rated in the pre-season dope, two rather sensational victories had already been gained. , The first event of the evening started the Purple scoring, Wilkins and Ware getting first and third, respectively in the 440-yard dash. Wilkins is one of the fastest members of Northwestern's sensational relay team and performed con- sistently at high speed the entire season. Wilkins ran third to Bloomberg, N. U. in the 440 and Gorby and Bloomberg annexed the first and second places in the 880 yard run. Wolf, anchor man onthe medley relay team took second place in the mile run and Moring, long distance man, came in third in the two mile event. Morris placed second in the high hurdles. Pmagge, Acher and Sinkler again made a clean sweep of the shot putand maintained the Purple reputation of consistent strength in the field events. ' Droegemueller was not pushed to win the pole vault at 12' 9 producing the taken-for-granted five points in this part of the program. Rettig tied with Hoff- man of Purdue in the high jump, dividing the first and second place points and bringing the scoring to an end. , The Conference meet entrants saw William Droegemueller, Northwestern captain, set a new collegiate indoor dirt floor pole Vaulting record pushing himself over the height of 13' 2M . Bagge was fourth in the shot put with a throw of 43' QM . John Gorby was third in the 880-yard run. - Droegemueller set a new Illinois relay record at Champaign with 13' M for the Vaulting event. And the relay team ended the indoor season, winning third place. ' T R A C K One Hundred Thirly-four 2 ' ls. '.' '- A MG: .- . 1 ,. ,gp E- 1

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E l le. - . ...S Y L lt A-B U S: ONE MILE RELAY TEAM A Bnoonuamnc WILKINS Gomn' Wmfrisn Fox ll927 Cross Country Season The cross country team placed third in the quadrangular meet with Wis- consin, Indiana and Chicago, beating the latter out by three points. This meet was held at W'ashington Park in Chicago and was run over the three-mile distance. Notre Dame defeated the Purple long distance runners, I5-45 when the Irish and the Wildcats met at Evanston. Several weeks later, however, the North- western men finished more men than Purdue to win this dual meet, 24-31, and a week after that Indiana came to Evanston to reverse the situation and scorefa win over the local squad. The cross country season came to a conclusion at the Big Ten conference meet at Ann Arbor, the home team finishing eighth when the last runner straggled home. james Moring was the only man to win a major letter in the 1927 season. The rest of the team was composed of I. R. johnson, R. Wolf, Golby, Morey Hecht, and A. Cleaver. Nine freshmen were awarded'numerals for the sport and Coach Prank Hill, harrier coach, feels more optimistic concerning the next season. 4 A N28 Track Season 1 The score was 41-4o up to the time for the one-mile relay. The Purple was behind until irVill4ins,Pox,Bloomberg and Gorbyhustled the baton around in fast time to win the event and the meet for Northwestern. Lewis and Droegemueller tied for first place in the pole vault and Lewis. Karsten and Pmagge took all the points in the shot put. Rettig tied with Griffin, of Notre Dame in the high jump with the bar at 6' 2 and Gorby won the half-mile run running a good race against a hard field to keep the see-sawing point standing in the favor of the Purple. The final score for the meet was, Northwestern, 44, Notre Dame, 41. Next was the annual quadrangle with Northwestern placing second to Ohio, the first place winner getting 45 points and the Purple winning ZQ 2-3 points. Again the one-mile relay team came across and delivered the necessary points for the final advanced standing. Wisconsin and Chicago followed in that order. Bagge threw the shot forty-two feet to win and Rettig, N. U.,tied with Bennett of Chicago at 6 feet in the high jump. T R. A C K , One Hundred Thzrly-three

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l -T Y L't'Af e'-51s S ... l WALTER GORBY DJXRT WOLF WILKINS 11927 Outdoor Season Leland TinyH Lewis and Northwestern's two mile relay team Won points in the Ohio and Kansas track games. At the opening of the 1927 outdoor track season the Northwestern men found the relay competition too stiff to win more than one point for a fourth place. Lewis broke an old Ohio State record by heaving the shot 46' 4k4 '. He also took third in the triathlon. At the Drake games Lewis, N. U., took third place in the shot put. Droege- mueller tied for third place in the pole vault and the two-mile relay team again placed fourth, In the first dual meet of the outdoor season Indiana was defeated by the score of 71-64. Hermansen won the Ioo-yard dash in ten seconds flat and the 220-yard dash in 22.4. Lewis placed second in the high hurdles. Orchard won the two- mile run and Reynolds and Furrey won first and second places in the half-mile. Droegemueller and Lewis placed one-two in the pole vault. Lewis and Bagge annexed the first two places in the shot put and Rettig and Lewis tied for first place in the high jump. Dart wonthe hammer throw. Northwestern placed third in the quadrangular meet with Ohio, Wisconsin, and Chicago. The usual strength of the Purple was felt in the field events and the usual weakness answered for the lack of points in the track events. Hermansen won the Ioo and 220-yard dashes. The one-mile relay team took third. Lewis, Karsten, and Bagge took the first three places in the shot put. Droegemueller won the pole vault and Rettig placed third in the high jump. The next dual meet meant a defeat for Northwestern, Wisconsin winning 82-53. Hermansen and Droegemueller were defeated in their specialties and in several events the Badgers made a clean sweep of all the places. Lewis, Karsten, and Bagge took the first three places in the shot put and Rettig defeated McGinnis in the high jump. Dart and Bagge took first and second in the hammer throw. When William Droegemueller vaulted thirteen feet in the N. C. A. A. games at Soldier,s Field, he became a national champion in that event. Lewis placed fourth in the shot put. Hermansen placed third in the Ioo-yard dash to conclude the scoring for the Purple. T R A C K , One Hundred Tim-ty-Jive