Brother Act

A set of twins ran identical races last week to pace the University of Michigan to the Western Conference track championship -- its seventh in ten years. In a meet at Champaign, Ill., Ross and Bob Hume of Canonsburg, Pa. finished in a deliberate dead heat with clasped hands to share the outdoor mile crown. They are now co-holders of two titles, having split the indoor mile in the same way last winter.

For a wartime meet, it was surprisingly colorful. With Bob running in the 880 and both running in the twomile, the twins also copped a first, second and third for a total of 20 of Michigan's 70 points.

Another contributor was Elroy ("Crazy Legs") Hirsch of Wausau, Wis., who took third place in the broad jump, then drove 160 miles to Bloomington, Ind., to pitch Michigan's nine to its sixth successive Big Ten triumph.

But the day's idol was Illinois' brilliant Negro sprinter, Claude Young of Chicago, who was aiming at the four-way triumph scored by Ohio State's great Jesse Owens in 1935. With the 100-and 220-yard dashes and the broad jump safely tucked away, the stubby freshman was leading by 30 feet in the 220 low hurdles when he kicked over the last barrier, lost his footing on the rain-drenched cinders, and fell flat.

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