Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-29
(By Dispatc, 4. T. wire)


CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 2S.-The
University of Southern Caiifornias
spectacular track and field squad
strengthened it's prospects of carrying
off the intercollegiate A. A. A. A.
championship for the second straight
year by monopolizing major honors
today in the elimination tests paving
the way for tomorrow's finals.
The Trojans not only led score of
rival colleges by gaining 13 qualify
ing places, but finished the outstand-
ing individual performer of the day
in their brilliant captain, Clarence l..
(Bud) Houser who shattered cham
pionship meet records in both che
shotput and discus throw.
Houser eclipsed his own former
mark in the discus, set last year, by
hurting the platter 151 feet, S9s
inches after tossing the shot dis
tance of 40 feet, 11% inches TO dis
place the standard set last spring by
Ralph Hills of Princeton, at 49 feet,
9ss inches
There was distinct far western
tinge to the days performance at
Harvard stadium, Yale displaying
some of the strength that enabled the
Ellis to check the California invasion
two years ago, finished second in
team honors with II qualifiers, but
Leland Stanford and the University of
California were close behind, tied for
third position with 10 qualifiers each.
Harvard, qualifying eight men, was
one behind Georgetown, and tied with
Princeton, but the Crimson, never
theless, is expected to share with
Yale the chief burden of battling far
western opposition.
Favorites had little trouble quail
flying, but there were several upsets,
The biggest came in the broad jump,
when Bayes Norton, Yale captain and
1925 champion, failed to qualify, along.
with Elmer Bondshu of California,
who was figured as a possible win
ner. Both were far below their usual
form, Norton being unable to better
% feet, nearly two feet short of his
winning mark last year, while Bond
shu missed qualifying by only ono-l
quarter of an inch. California re-
ceived another setback when her
crack pole vaulter, Hill, failed to
clear the bar at the qualifying height
of IL feet.
The hammer throw also furnished
surprises with Biggs Of Syracuse un-
expectedly topping the field with
toss of 161 feet, 9,1a inches, while the
1925 titleholder, Gates of Princeton,
barely gained the last qualifying
place with throw of only IA feet,
inches Sensational times were re-
corded in most of the trials, par
ticularly in the sprints, with Hank
Russell, Cornell captain, flashing
speed that heightens his chances of
scoring double victory tomorrow.
He won his 1OO-yard heat pulled up
in go seconds and coasted down the
220-yard straightaway in 2l.7. Nor
ton of Yale, who won his 10O-yard
heat in 9S, looks to be RusselPs most
formidable rival in the shorter sprint.
Phil Barber of California had
close call in the 10O-yard trials, bare
ly finishing second to clinch his place
in the finals, two yards. behind
Charles of Colgate, but the Pacific
coast star came back to flash top
form in the 220. Frank Hussey OF
Boston college, the national 1OO-yard
champion, AL Miller, Harvard's 200
pound speed merchant, and Clark OF
Yale round out the list of foremost
contenders for sprint honors Their
unusually high calibre was shown by
the fact that four of the five 100
yard heats were timed in less than 10
seconds while all six of the 220-yard
heat winners bettered % seconds.
The complete list of qualifying
places by colleges in the 5Oth l. G.
Al. A. A. A. title meet follows:
Southern California, 1S; Yale, II;
California and Leland Stanford, ID