South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-07-02
Statistics ShOuU
Good aIent for
Olympic rails
Make Survey of Athletes Com
peting in Educational
Institutions.

The statistics taken from the 1922
field OF school and college track
athletes show an encouraging crop
for what Olympic games are to be
held in the coming two years, first
the international games booked for
Los Angles in 1928 and the eighth
Olympiad TO be held in France.
A thorough survey has been made
OF all the athletes competing this
year for the American educational
institutions from which the majority
of the material generally is selected.
Sprinters are plentiful at this time
both from the scholastic fields and
the colleges. Ten school boys have
been credited throughout the coun-
try as having done the 100 yards in
less than 10 seconds. From reports
gathered from all parts of the. states
the sprinting field is productive Of
several high-class youngsters.
Sprinters.
4 few OF the scholastic star
sprinters are. Joe Dicenzo Of To-
luco High school. Illinois; Johnny
Cameron, Evanston, Illinois; Her
.
and Kenneth Gold. Shattuck school.
Faribault. Minnesota.
= There is. however. only a fair field
of middle-distance runners, of which
Carl Lunden. the Swedish youth at
the Phillips Exeter academy appears
to be the best.
Milers.
Mile runners have been Of the ex-
pected standard among the school
boys. Four or FIVE have done better
than 4 minutes and 40 seconds. Per-
haps the most promising lad is Will
liam J. Cox Of Shop High school
Rochester. y. Y, the national cham
piOn.
The west has turned out an excel
lent crop of men for the field events.
Particularly in the weights are the
college men from the middle and far
west more proficient.
College Possibilities.
100 yards, Alfred lie Coney. Bafa-
yette college; 220 yards, Leonard
Paula. Grinneu college. 44O yards.
James DriscoI. Boston college; $50
yards, Lawrence Brown, University
OF Pennsylvania; one mile. NJ. Law
renee Shields. Penn state college;
two miles. Walter Higgins Columbia
university; 12O high hurdles, Harold
T. Barron, Penn State college; go
low hurdles. Charles r. Brookins,
University of Iowa; 440 hurdles. Au-
gust Desch. University of Notre
Dame; Broad jump, Robert lie
Gendre. Georgetown university: high
ann, Harold Osborne. University of
Illinois: pole vault, Red Norris, Uni
versity of California: shot put, Glenn
Hartranft, Leland Stanford univer-
sity: discus throw, A. G.. Lieb. Uni
versity Of Notre Dame; Javelin
throw, Milton Angler, University Of
Illinois: hammer throw. John Mer-
chant, University Of California.
Prep School.
100 yards. Joe Dicenzo Toluca
High school Illinois; 22O yard Ken
meth Gold. Shattuck school. Fari-
bault. Minnesota; 44O yards. Carl
Lundeu. Exeter academy Exeter.
New York: $50 yards Walter Cong
don. Manual High. Kansas City,
Missouri; one mile, William j Coz
shop High. Rochester. New York;
two miles, Basil Irwin. Cedar Rapids
High school, Iowa; 12O high hurdles,
Mccullough Keeble. Austin High.
Texas. go low hurdles. c. I. Pau.sen,
Hill High. Pennsylvania. broad
Jump. William DOwding, St. Johns
school. Delaheld. wisconsin,; high
Jump. r. l. Simpson. Perry High.
Iowa: pole vault. Kenneth Lancaster.
Northeast High. Kansas City. Mis-
souri,; shot put Clarence HOuser.
Oxnard High Santa Barbara. Cali
fOrnia; discus Clarence Houser,
Oxnard High, Santa Barbara, Cali
fOrnia