, 1923-04-29
COAST RUNNER
DEF|ES union and
GOES TO FRANCE
If Turned Pro- Break Is
Sure to Come.
BY WALTER ~EcKERsALI.

With the Kansas. Penn, and Drake
relay carnivals now 4 matter Of his
tory and college athletes being point
ed to b various sectional intercol
leg1ate track and 1eld games to be
held the latter part Of next month
Inc carly In juno. It Ia interesting to
nate performances made % far this
year by sterling performers who ars
expected to equal e better present
worlds records
To the close observer Of track and
neid athletics this is 4 commendable
situation in view Of the fact the Olym-
pic games will be held In Francs ons
year from this summer Athletes must
Be developed to take the places Of starr
Of other oiympiads and coaches and
trainers are doing superb work In the
line Of development
May Bring About War.
Although It Is Etin an open question
a. to whether Charley Paddock Of the
University Of Southern California viii
- turned professional by the Amateur
Athletic union because of his present
trip to France. such action win un-
Soubtediy bring about a war between
tho colleges and A A q. In previous
years h A A q. and various col
tese bodies have been on the brink
Of vnr which for a time threatened
TO keep the two bodies apart II Pad.
dock n turned pro. a war is certain,
according TO those In close touch with
.As situation
There In no 6tsruttng PHddock.s abf-
ny a. q sprtnter. He Is without an
equal in this country and looked upon
~ . Eure winner Of tho 100 and zoo
meter C In the worlds games He
has been censred for not competing
10 the middle west and far east, but
ttmes he has made In the century and
furionE together with niers of note
he has defeated stamps him as the
speed king OF the age.
Although Paddock war 4 star whom
tho last gamos were held In 1920. other
athletes have been developed who are
expected to win points for the Amert
can team With still another year In
which to perfect the form of these
coming champions. there win be plenty
Of first class material to pick from
when the final makeup Of thu Yankee
team Is determined
McKeown Bears watching.
An athlete who win bear watching as
= worlds record breaker Is McKeown
Of Kansas State Normal. In the Kan.
sas games this athlete cleared the bar
At II feet . inches IN the pole vault
and has dons II fest indoorz- Charles
Hon Of Denmark now holds the worlds
record In tho event at IL feet 8 n q
fraction inches. The Jayhawker has
not been extended and when conditions
arc perfect, coaches in the Missouri
valley conference claim he win better
an existing records
Another athlete who h creating con
siderable comment In the middle west
and who performed yesterday at tho
Feun relays Is Dehart Hubbard. the
sassred athlete Of tho University Of
Michigan. Although Hubbard il being
used In the hurdles and dashes, he Is
. natural broad Jumper. When Coach
Steve Farrell takes him on the other
svents and trains him for the broad
jump alone. the worlds mark Of Is feet
. inches. held by e o. Gourdin. should
Be smashed In fact, Hubbard broke
mo present worlds record when tho
Illinois indoor relay carnival was held.
but he fouled on the attempt His
jump was measured at Is feet 81
inches.
Hubbard Has Everything.
Hubbard has everything which goes
20 make q wonderful broad Jumper.
He has speed. excellent spring after
hitting the take-ofi board, and has the
kick In the air which increases dis
tance- Those who have see him In
action assert there is no question tho
worlds record VIII be broken by this
athlete, who will be pointed for he
event when the national collegiate
championships arc held In Chicago on
the third Saturday In June
Harold Osborne. former University
Of Illinois athlete. who Is now compet-
ing for the Illinois A. C. recently
came within less than an inch OF equal
ing the worlds record In the running
high Jump. In recent meets the 1. A
C. athlete has been doing better than
6 fcst 6 inches The worlds record 10
9 feet 7 SIS inches, and was made
by Bddle Beeson In 1914
Fur years America has been Adfy
hacking In t2velin throwers. but this
year Milton Angler OF the University
Of Illinois Is expected to improve
enough to win points OF the other side
nsxt summer Hs holds the American
record In the went At 7o2 feet ~
inches He competed In the Drake
Eames yesterday and viii DO entered
IN every meet of Importance to gain
the experience which is bound TO i'm
prove his form
Lid and AuEe In Discus.
IAeb Of Notre Dame and Auge Of
Haskell Institute r promising discus
throwera The former Is expected TO
hurl the saucer over 100 feet this
summer. while the latter viii do bet
ter than i45 feet Poor OF Kansas
and McEllven of Michigan are high
Jumpers Of promise. Both should do
close to 6 feet 5 inches under ideal con-
ditlons out Of doors.
Performances made yesterday In tho
Penn and Drake games will go a long
way to determine possibilities Of tho
winners. with more competition this
season and another year before the
olympic games are held. America
should be represented by one OF Its
best balanced teams since the olym-
piad was revived many years go