The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-03-22
EVERY BIG TEN /.
Sl'AI'E ! i ] J ! | }:
j. .HEAVE" TALENT
FOR 0LYMPlCS
Western Conference Athletes
to Be Strong Conten-
= ders at Antwerp
OHIO UNIVERSITY TRACK
i COACH GIVES OPINION
Names Athlete. Prominent in
.,,; Sport. Affairs in the
Middle West -
OHIO UNIVERSITY TRACK
COACH GIVES OPINION
By L. w. St. John

=, By l.. w. St. John
Director Of Athletics, Ohio State
University.
written for the United Press)-
Copyrighted, 1920, United Press).
Western Conference, tract teams
hame been .rejuvenated since the war
Indications are that the Big Ten
will be able to furnish excellent ma
terial toward Americas 1890 Olym-
pic aggregation:
In contrast to other years when
two or three schools were so strong
as to- totally eclipse the rest of the
: circuit, this winters indoor confer
ence meet at Patten Gymnasium, Uni
versity of Chicago, March 10 and 20,
every university will count in the
scoring. H. ,....-} -.
y With the tract season still early. it
is difficult to say with any degree of
precision just what the chances of the
Middle West are on the U. S. Olympic
; team-other than that the general
) standard of the conference is consid-
: erably higher than in 1916, and GER
tainly than in 1912.
Outstanding stars of the conference
teams are johnson, Michigan; Sphinx,
illinois,, Otis, Chicago; Higgins, Chi
cago; Oss, Minnesota; Herring, Indi-
ana; and Moorehear, Ohio State. =
One Is Whole Team.
In Carl Johnson, Michigan has a
whole team. He is as much$of star
:. to the Wolverines as Ralph Craig in
! his palmy days. He is asI good an
| all-round star as lbob Simpson, Mis-
; souri's de luxe hurler, Splinter, and
? Jumper, who recently turned pro.
He is good for the dashes, for the
d, jumps and possibly the relay team.
He is consistent in his work and can
always be counted on for healthy
share of the points. -. ...% a ~
Phil Sphinx, Illinois, is one Of the best
! middle distance men in the country
: today. He won in the 1nter-Allieu
/ Championship races at Jonville-le-
Ppnt, near Paris, last summer and is
better in the $50 than he was before
he entered the army. He is a good
. quarter miller, too. ...>
In Higgins, Chicago, has a weight
man OF note. He is credited with
showing the 16-pound shot around ~
feet this winter in competition-and
lie always good for As feet. He is
easily the class OF the conference in
the pill event. Higgins also is credit
Cd with throwing the Javlin 49, feet
free style.
=, Otis, Chicago two miller, is good
timber. He can step the double mile
in better than 10 minutes under fav-
= orable circumstances-and is even
better outdoors. Oss, Minnesota foot
ball star, is a good quarter miller and
can do better than so. Coach Frank
IL grooming him to set the pace in
the conference this spring. 49,.
Herring, Indiana and Moorehead,
Ohio State, are two jumpers worth
! while. The former Is veretan who
can perform in twin-six fashion at
the broad jump around % feet.
Moorehead, a newcomer, is a good
Splinter as we'll as high jumper. He
is considered the best athlete Ohio
States track team has had since the
days Of Glenn Cooke, Splinter and
Jumper, and Wikoff, distance man ex-
traordinary, both Of whom were on
the 1912 American team to go to
Stockholm. -, -. - =
Griffith, Ohio State captain, 1919,
can do ITS feet with the javelin,
regulation style and should be good
: for that event on the Olympic team.
J He captured honors in the Penn re-
lay game last year.
, Two new stars jumped into promin-
ence on the western horizon at the
1 recent Illinois relay carnival. Stone,
= Of Iowa, a miller Of promise and HAM
.flton, an all-round candidate from
: Missouri, showed encouraging form.
Stone, running as anchor man OF
the Iowa quartet cut down bid lead
in the four mile event and won the
laurels. Hamilton won the all-round
event with ease. 1......- :
Carl johnson gave additional
grounds for the belief that he is book
ga for a star place in the Olympic
games by winning three events at
the carnival. He equal1ed the vest
ern conference record In the high
j. hurdles and set a new record In the
'lowshurdles. -
-. Otis, Of Chicago, showed great pos
sfbilitiee when he pulled a big sur
prise IN two-mile relay by beating
Spink, Illinois and Inter-Allied star,
In one lap.
wizard showed some Of the ability
that made eastern experts predict
sometime ago that he would be sure
of a lap on tho American team. He
euualled the worlds record Of 2 3-6
seconds for the75-yard dash event. j
Though beaten BY Otis In the two
mile relay Sphinx showed his real
STUFF by getting away five yards be-
hind Chicago in the last lap Of the
one-mfle relay and winning by ten
yards.
Emery, of Illinois, forced Speers.
the Chicago star, to his limit to win
the two-mile relay by q nose.
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