The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-21
KANSAS BOY rs
SELECTED TO
WIN FEATURE
Norton Said to Be Better Pros
pect Than Bob Lecendre for
PentathIon Tests.

HILADELPFIIA, Pa. Jan. 90.
kansas has the next Amer
lean and relay pentathlon
champion and prospective sue.
cessor to Jim Thorpe as the Olym-
pic champion. and Bob lie Gendre,
of Georgetown, according to DIR.
John outland. one of the greatest
and most versatile gridiron per-
formers in the history OF the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania, and pro-
lessor Of the University Of Kansas.
Emerson Norton is the name Of
the youth the whole West Is looking
forward to bringing prestige to his
section and the whole country.
just over his teens, Norton has
established reputation in the Mid.
die and Far West that Ii more
than imposing, His records, all
made in competition. are the envy
Of all all-around athletes.
According to DR.. Outland he can
do anything on track program.
running. jumping, putting the shot,
and heaving the weights. For ver-
satility on the track he has vet to
find an equal in the West. Nor
track athletics" said DIR. Outland.
He can sprint. do the high jump,
leap over the bar in the pole vault,
throw the discus and javelin, put
the shot, throw the weights, broad
jump. and scurry across the hur-
dies. He is one Of the best all
around men I have ever seen, and
bids fair to prove a. worthy sue
cess0r to Bradley, who won the
pentathlon championship on Frank
lin Field in 1920.
bradley is giving the young man
the benefit Of his experience in
competition and is teaching him all
the fine points of the different
events. The only thing that is
lacking in Norton's repertoire is
long-distance running and this
spring he contemplates spending
considerable time in running a mile
or more.
Once he can run the 1900 me-
tiers in comparatively fast time he
is going to prove a second Jim
Thorpe. He stands feet 2 inches
In his stocking feet and tips the
beam at 1876 pounds. Philadelphia
and the East will get an oppor-
tunity to see him in action, for
we plan sending him to the relay
carnival in April"
Norton has made the following
o1slKa iva \.
10 1-5 seconds; 220 yards, % sec
onds: 100 hurdles. 1877 seconds. 22O
low hurdles, 261-5 seconds: shot.
put, AZ feet, inch; discus. 1871 feet,
Ia inches; javelin, $50 feet s
inches; high jump, feet. pa
inches; broad jump, 20 feet, 6A
inches; pole vault. IL feet n inch;
and 56-pound weight, 81 feet, 2
inches.
DIR. outland is anxious to have
the University of Pennsylvania send
team to the first annual relay
carnival to be held by the Kansas
University on April 81, a week
previous to the Penn meet. The
events in the West will include a
440. $50, mile, two. and four mile
relay races, and Penn has the
privilege Of sending a team In any
one of the events. There 10 a pos
sibility that the Red and Blue will
send g four-mile or two-mile quar-
tet, provided Coach Robertson can
get team together by that time,
and contemplated meet with Vir.
ginia IL not scheduled.
/ There IL a dearth of haIf.milers
at the university, but q number
Of milers, including Kerr and Nc.
Lane. who ran on the four-miIe team
In England last year. Penn will
not compete at the Illinois indoor
carnival this year because II con.
! flicts with the annual indoor In.
itercollegiate championships. The
plan to send a team West every
year may mean that q team will