Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-27
MANY WORLD CHAMPIONS
INCLUDED IN STAR FIELD
Nearly Every 1926 Title Holder Will Try to Retain
HonOrs-Brilliant Performances Certain and
Some New Records Are Expected.

INCOLN, Nehr., June 21.-A gilt
tering array of world cham
pions, national titleholders and
IL collegiate stars will assemble at
the University of Nebraska Me
mortal stadium, Thursday. Friday and
Saturday, the three days of the Anna
teur Athletic Union track and field
championships.
Central location of Lincoln and the
fact that the meet will be a prelinli-
nary tryout for the American team to
compete at the 1928 Amsterdam games
have apparently combined to make the
1927 A. A. u. games a red letter"
event in the history of that organiZa-
ton.
Nearly every 1926 national champion
will be in Lincoln TO defend the titles
won at the Philadelphia meet last
Summer. Added to this list is string
of record holders and collegiate stars,
past and present, which forecast some
new world marks and string of bril-.
liant performances.
Early arrivals in training at the
stadium this week have found the Gin
der track, runways and jumping pits
in excellent condition. A crew of
workmen. supervised by Henry F.
Schultz. veteran Nebraska track men
tor, have been busy the past month
dressing the stadium plant for this
week and on the day of the games one
of the fastest tracks in the country
will be in readiness.
Early ticket sales point to a crowd
which in Nebraska stadium history
will rank next only to the Notre Dame
Nebraska foot ball classic Of 1925,
when 10000 people swarmed around
1 y
Irish elevens in action.
The program of the meet will open
Friday, July /, with the national junior
championship. The senior champion
ships with individual honors to be
awarded in 10 events, is booked for
Saturday. July .. The 4th Of July pro-
gram will be given over to the death
Ion and the national relays.
Leading athletes scheduled to meet
in the different championship events
include the following:
lo0-YARD AND 220-YARD SPRINTs-
psdd9S os ord G1d ho d Locke T9d
Borah, National l. C. A. A. A. A. and Pacific
Coast Conference champion; Alderman,
world record holder: Barber former Pacific
Coast champi9n; Della Maria. Central Asso-
ciation champion: Tom Sharkey, national
22O-yard dash champion; Bowman, Olym-
EGsse sr olympic sprnter widermnshp na
tional indoor champions Cumr,ings Metro
politan Association champion Hubbard. for
me- Big Ten champion.
440-YARD DASH - Kennedy. national
champion. Spencer Pacific Coast cham
rion: HAYNES. Rocky Mountain chamnion:
Phillips. n. c. A. A. chamrion; Roll. Metro
politan Association champion: Hagen Chi
cage A A. champion.
sS0-YARD RUN-A Martin. national
chanlnion:. Martin; Dartmouth star; Sittig.
ness national 6o0-yard champion: Cauinm.
Missouri Valley chamnion: watson Olympic
runner and former Missouri Valley and for
mer national champion; Dodge, Olynrnic run
ner and former Pacific Coast champion Ed
wards, METROPOLITAN champion Swinburne.
former GEORGETOWN star.
MILE RUE-Conger, Missouri Valley and
=. c. A. A. champion; Clayton Pacific
Coast champion. Connolly, Olympic rlInnts
and Metropolitan Association charnnion:
Cox. ]. c. A. A. A. A. champion: Payne,