The Washington times., 1924-02-15

Minus Charles, the remainder OF
the tentative sprint field includes
Loren Murchison, national cham.
pion; Boots" Lever, intercollegi.
ate champion; L. A. Clark, Johns
Hopkins; Albert Washington, Chi.
cago; Eddie Sudden, former Stan.
ford man; Al Leconey, q. Lovejoy
and q. c. Wilson, Iowa. Some Of
the boys, Of course, win make the
ultimate rifle; some win not.
Another prominent contender,
namely and to wit: Allen Wood.
ring, Olympic and intercollegiate
champion, is not found among the
400 meter men but the list is q
good one, nevertheless. It includes
Jake Driscoll, Boston; J. C. Taylor,
former Princeton star; Walter Kop.
pisch, Columbia; Bill Stevenson,
learning to raise the left eye brow
at Oxford; Vernon Ascher, Chicago,
and G. s. Cochrane, Mississippi
A and M
The Middle West does a semi.
mOnOlOgue in the 800 and 1900.
meter runs. Those named for the
former include Ray Watson and
Ray Baker, Chicago; Allen HeIf.
irish, Penn State; Ray Dodge,
Portland, Ore, and Larry Brown,
Philadelphia.
For the longer distance, perforce
,Joie Ray heads the list, surrounded
, by Watson and Baker, teammates,
end Lloyd Hahn, Boston; Ed Kirby
Cornell, and Nal Douglas, Yale.
Stepping on to 5000 meters, Verne
Booth, Johns Hopkins; Elmer Nc
Lain Pennsylvania; John Romig,
Philadelphia; Calhoun, Army, and
Hurd, Navy, are mentioned. Earl
johnson, Pittsburgh national cham
pion, tops the possible nominees at
10000 meters, followed by james;
Hennigan, Dorchester, Mass; John
Gray, Philadelphia, and r. e. Wend-
ling, Buffalo.
For the Marathon, I Clarence
DeMar, who goes on like Tenny-
sons brook; A. Michaelson and
Frank Zuna, Newark, and Charles
Mellor, Chicago, are mentioned off
hand, while the same applies to
Marvin Rick, Mike Devanney and
Russell Payne, the latter from Ohio
State.
The high.jump field is the bread.
winner. 1t includes Leroy Brown,
Harold Osborne and Dick ~Landon,
champions all; also Brick" Muller,
San Francisco, and Poor, Kansas.
The broad jumpers named are
equally gifted. They include Ned.
GOur1in, Dorchester, Mass, and
DeHart Hubbard, Michigan. both
Of whom have bettered twenty.
five feet; Albert Rose, PennsyI.
vania: Bob LIE Gendre, Newark,
and w. COmins, Yale intercOIIegi.
ate champion.
Others on the potential list are:
Hurdles-Earl Anderson and Ivan
Reilly, Chicago; Dave Kinsey, St.
Louis; Brickman, Chicago; John K
Norton, San Francisco, and Charley
Brookins, Iowa.
Pole vault-E. E. Meyers and E.
e. Knourek, Chicago; j. X. Brook.
er, Michigan; RED" Norris, Cali.
fornia; George Owen, Pennsylvania.
Javelin-H. Hoffman, H. c. Freida
and Milton Angler, Chicago; J. F.
Hammer, San Francisco; Clevel md
Storrs, Yale; and Sorrento, Call
fornia.
Discus-Tom Lieb, Notre Dame;
A r. Pope, Chicago,-and Clarence
Houser, Los Angeles.
Shotput-Ralph Hills, Princeton;
O.. Wanzer, New York; c. A. c.
Eastman, Harvard and Pat McDon.
aid, New York.
Hammer tl1roW-F. Tootell, Bos.
ton; Matt McGrath, New York; Jack
Merchant, San Francisco.
10000 metre walk-W. Plant and
]. Pearman, New York; Charles Fos.
ter, Detroit; H. L. Schultz, Buffalo.
Cross country-V. Booth, Johns
Hopkins; Walter Higgins, New
York; James Hennigan, Dorchester,
Mass, and A. Studenroth, Philadel.