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\\'ill~ and 'olf of \\'a~hington State lead CaptainThoma• at the encl of the mile jaunt in the Pullmanmeet.Ucuula/j LJaPL1J/ILi:1 fuJJoHN THOMASIiddle DistancesERNEST NELSONPole VaultWith as fine a collection of track and fieldathletes as could be wished for, the WashingtonState Cougars, the eventual northern divisionchampions, outclassed the Vandals in their firstconference meet, I q to 17. In the 100-yarddash, Jim Kalbus furnished the biggest upset ofthe afternoon by nosing out Paul Swift, winnertwo years ago of the Kansas relays, to takeIdaho's only first place. Johnny Thomas put upa desperate fight in the mile jaunt, but couldn'tquite match the speed of the brilliant Ken Wills,who turned in the fast time of 4:22.3. Thomascrossed the line a little over a second later in4:23.4, which broke the Idaho record for theevent set by Don Cleaver at 4:26.6 in 1928, butthe mark doesn't stand as official because hefailed to win the event.Other Idaho scores were made by Livingstonwith a second in t he half mile; Kalbus with asecond in the 220-yard dash; Aukett with thirdin the javelin; Berg with a t hird in the shot-put;Squance with thirds in the high and low hurdles;Wilson with a tie for third in the high jump;and di 1iceli with a tie for third in the broadjump. Kalbus was high point man for Idahowith a first and second for a total of eightpoints.}ACK FREDERICTwo Mile11JukiufffMc£taleG-{ 234}-c>