New Britain herald., 1926-04-03
WESTERN ATHLETES WILL INVADE EAST
Stars Of Track Gathering for
 Vigorous Campaign

San Francisco, April 5 R'-West- crn athletes are gathering for a vigorous summer campaign on the eastern front.
 Led hy the University of Southern California with six of its biggest neld and track guns that battered down opposition for the 1925 ]. C. A. A. 4. A. championships at Phia- Gclphia, the collegiate invasion Will he supported by cohorts of the ten his and golf world. racing crews, swimmers and miscellaneous per formers.
 Besides the six veterans who helped win the track title for southern California last year, in- cmdinG Captain Bud Houser, inter collegiate champion discus thrower. '. there are many new stars. one of whom, Lee Barnes, vaulted Into first place at the 1924 Olympic games while yet in high school.
 Stanford is grooming several track stars for the national competition, among them Erskine Coverly, Il transfer from Arizona university and q l0-sccond sprinter Califor- nia has the usual large field, includ- ing Phil Barber, who stepped the century in 90 in practice, Barber, however. must make up scholastic ig cast With q worlds record for an ob- icctive, q veteran four-mile relay team will be entered by Oregon Ag- ricultural college In two, possibly more. of the eastern and middle western relay meets. Trainer NJ. Fl. ! Butler has invitations from Drake, i Iowa, April 23-24; the Kansas re- ! lays q week earlier, and the Penn relays, whose date conflicts with 1 Drake. The Oregon men may de- eide to run in the Layola meet in 1 Chicago, as was done last year Two of the four runners, Percy Ball and Royce Clayton, were mem 1 bers of the team that broke the . Kansas record by Sl seconds with , the time of 1907 and q week later made a mark of l7.59, equalcd only three times in @6 years at Drake. Tedd Butts is the third veteran, pre- vented from making the trip last year by illness, apd for the fourth 1 Butler has seven vets 10 chose from.
 Washington and California match oars April for the right 10 repre- sent the Pacific Coast in the na- tional intercollegiate regatta, and II is possible, also, that the losing crew will compete ali Poughkecpsie, espe- cialy if the losers put up q good race,
 Hawaii already represented in the national womans swimming cham pionships by Miss Mariechen Wehse- lau, will make d second Did iof honors through an entry in the in, ternational star class yacht races or Long Island sound. Herbert Dow sett, Honolulu sportsman. will rep resent the most westerly outpost oi the United States.
 Five Stanford swimmers already have left on tour of the country 10 take part in ten meets between the two coasts.
 Tn the tennis division, coast starr are marShaing for concerted drive. Helen Wills will return iron
 Europe in time 10 defend her ma tional voman's title and William M. Johnston. second ranking playe among the men, will swing racquet in various eastern tournaments, al though he will not cross 10 Europ
 this year.
 Another star of this section, Mis-
 Helen Jacobs. rules the nationa junior girls division, but whethc she will defend her title has no been decided. Her plans will b made known In June.
 The court performers from th west coast will not enter nationa : events this season. They arc Grams
 ton Holman, eighth ranking playe and national junior titlcholder, an Gerald Stratford, national intercol : loEiatn doubles titlcholdor. lnstca
 these sterling young players wi tour the Far East. touching a
 Japan, tht Philippines and Hawai-