Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-03-10
CONFERENCE
MEET MEET
BIG TRIPLE TRACK EVENT ON
MARCH 81
Whittier Seems to Be Out of the
Going, but Pomona and oeei-
dental VIII Struggle
for Honors

Track training at Occidental college
is devoted exclusively to improvement
in form for the conference meet be-
tween the Presbyterians. Pomona col
lege and Whittier on March Il.
Although Goheen's men were de-
cisively beaten by the Claremont az
gregation last Saturday there is an
even chance for the Highlanders to
capture the championship. In the
meet between Pomona and Occidental
the sage brush athletes were especial
ly strong in the long distance runs.
Considering the fact that the Quaker
tourists, Mill and White, are almost
sure winners In the mile and two-mile
events, large number of Pomona $
points seem TO be slated to vanish IN
that direction.
Carver of Occidental is fully quail
fed to take care of the $50 yards for
his school, and Archie kellogg. Bird.
Brewer and Bonner have never failed
to hold up for the lions share in the
100, 220 and 440. However, Sloane and
Rogers. the Claremont short distance
advocates, must be considered serious
ly in all of the sprints.
Spurgeon. the hurdling wonder from
the cactus town. was possibly overcon-
fident i'm the tall barriers last week,
DuI IdCl sun tAclb iiS Noiic
no better than third to Wieman and
Thomson, and both of the Occidental
steeplechasers are improving daily.
Wieman is keeping up the steady grind
of :16 1-5 in practice and in the hot
sun of yesterday jumped over the 120r
yard course in a trifle less than that
time.
The low hurdles are source OF much
concern to Thomson of late, as the
big Occidental sophomore is straining
his belt line in an effort to improve
the time which brought him to the tape
second against Sturgeon last Saturday.
Thomson repeatedly climbs over the
long impediments in shorter space than
1t took Spurgeon to entice away the
first honors, but for some reason the
young giant cannot come up to re-
hearsal when the bleachers are full.
Coach Goheen has a full crew of
weight artists in training to, swindle
Metcalf out of the hammer badge, and
Conrad, Wieman, Thomson and Art
Collins are all swinging the cannon
ball for good casts. Wieman dropped
1t 140 feet from the circle yesterday
and is getting much more formful in
his handling of the wire. Fred Thorn
son has q corner on the lead market
and expects no trouble in winning the
shot put from Metcalf or Davenport
as he did last week.
Whether Lowry can add the neces-
sary inches to his vaulting ability re-
mains to be seen, but Birdsall and
Merriam stopped at 10 feet inches
and the prep has pulled himself to a
greater height than that several times
in practice. He Is another who Is af-
fiicted by modesty when the joy spec
tators throng the benches. Kenneth
Gordon is ripe to come back to early
season form. The sorrel-topped aca-
demic began the year ahead of Lowry
in both the high jump and pole vault,
but for unknown causes has decreased
instead of gaining by preparation and
experience. Pierce Thomas has only
entered real training since Saturday.
but has been instilled with some kind
of bunch to go after his old affin-
ity. the broad jump, and is busily at
work in the broken turf every after
noon.
So much for what can be done on
paper. A synopsis of what has gone
before may be expressed in n few
words, and the great conference meet
can be partially foretold in advance.
Whittier. except for the long distances,
is considered well out of the going.
Occidental and Pomona will be neck
and neck at the finish and the entire
contest may have to be settled by the
relay. Whatever happens those who
take part from each school will be
ready and trained to perfection, and
that is more than can be said of sew
eral previous meets.