Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-17
OXY MAY CAUSE
LOCALS TO LOSE
CONFERENCE MEET CAUSES
MUCH SPECULATION
COACH GoRToN THINKS THoMP-
SON WILL SHINE
Cromwell Looks on Throop to Perform
with Credit in Sprints and
Takes Pride in
Freshman

With the big conference meet but
two days off, interest in the outcome
among the students of the two local
institutions, University of Southern
California and Occidental college, IS
keen. and speculation as to when OF
the two contenders, u. S. G. and 70
mona, win receive the severest set
hack through the competition of Coach
Gortons squad is the absorbing topic.
Gorton seems to be of the opinion
that his entries, especially Fred
Thompson, will have more effect on
the u. S. c. total than on the possible
points of the Pomonans, contendlns
that Thompson has an equal chance
with Trotter in the shotput and also
win rival Iennox in the high hurdles.
having defeated the u S. c. track
captain in this event once this sea-
son These two events were both
point gamers for the White and Car
dinal squad in last Saturdays match
with the Glare onters.
Another event i'm which Thompson
will be a serious contender for honors,
and which was a first for Coach Crom-
wells squad last Saturday, is tho
broad iump. Goodsell won this event
from the Claremonters with distance
of 20 feet and inches, while Thomp-
son on the same day cleared the
ground for 20 feet s inches against
WnltIlofs But us DttbH 0toihWCll ocih
yesterday: "Goodsell has been slow
in rounding into form this year, and
we expect more from him Saturday
than he has shown this season.
Which, il the case, should net the
White and Cardinal first.
With Pat Wheelan out of the two
mile event with a bad ankle, which
the doctor thinks Is n cracked bone
just above the joint, the long distance
event resolves itself into a race be-
tween Sturges of Pomona and Rich
ardson of Occidental. Should Rich
ardson win this event, in which IT is
conceded he has a good chance, hav-
ing covered the distance against White
of whittier last Saturday in the fast
time of 10:4S. which is two seconds
faster than Sturges covered the dis
tance winning from u. S. c., it will
help the chances of Coach Cromwell's
squad.
Sprints for Methodists
In the sprints it is all U. S. c., with
Throop and Martin taking a first and
second respectively. "rhroop's last
race was his best" said Coach Crom-
well in speaking of the freshman's
great race at Pomona. Two watches
caught the time a shade better than
ten seconds, which is a marvellous per-
formance for first year man who
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10 2-5-second men the year before.
"Throop is an ideal boy to train"
continued the coach HE does every
thing he is told to do. Whenever
coach him in his stride he responds to
the best of his ability, and that Is the
spirit that makes a sprinter, and also
gains the appreciation of his coach.
Throop should be better next year."
Considering that Coach Cromwell
started coaching Throop this season
when the dasher was practically raw
material, the developing of such a
marvel of speed as the boy now is
adds an achievement of no mean
worth to the coachs already good rec
ord with the Cardinal and White
squad, and one that he can well be
proud of.
Already arrangements are under
way to handle large crowds of rooters
from both the local institutions, who
will accompany their squads to the
cinder path and field struggles at
Claremont, where the attendance is
expected to be far greater than at any
track meet in Southern California this
year.