Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-05-28
STANFORD ATHLETES TAKE LEAD.
IN INTERCOLLEGIATE FIELD and.
TRACK MEET in PHILADELPHIA

FRANKLIN FIELD, Il PHILADEL+
PHIA, May 81 ).-Stanford's brawny
band of athletes got off to flying
start today I'm the opening Skirnlish OF
ttleir. fight Ito win the inter collegiate
ALA. A. As!tfack and field champion
ships.
In spite Of the shock OF having their
crack quarter miller, Emerson Spencer,
eliminated by eastern rivals, the Cardi-
nails asserted their might in the field
events and carried off IA qualifying
places, enough to lead the field by a
substantial margin in trials that paved
the way for the final tests tomorrow,
Southern CALIFORNIA; sturdy band
defending the championship they have
held for two successive years, finished
second in the list with ten qualifierS,
thus strengthening the prospect that
the main battle tomorrow will be
fought out between the Trojalls and
Cardinals with no eastern school con-
ceded even an outside chance of
triumph. s as4g@ J 4:
Dartmouth, coming through with
unexpected and fairly well balanced
strength, led the eastern forces by
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Penn state each with eight places,
figured. 20 make a stronger showing
in tine final tests, because both the
Ellis and Nittany Liens are expected
to do Some of their best work in
the one and etWo-mile runs, the
only events cf the Is on Iile calendar
which die not figure IN today's
trials. y S,3s Hi
OF the two far western ccntenders,
Stanford remained the favorite to-
night to oethrone Southern Cali-
fornia. Although hard hit by
Spencer'S defeat, che Cardinals nade
the strongest showing OF any con,
tender in the, field events THEFT
oualifiers were distributed in eight
events altogether Six Of these
were in the field while Nichols and
West, hurdling aces, displayed enough
class to indicate they probably swili
add considerably to the Cardinals
score over the high and low sticks.
OF, the series OF upsets that fea>
! tured teday's, ,eliminati0ns, the quar-
) ster-mile provided the most startling.
Spencers who had done AZ As sec :
ends on dfe coast, was fourth in q
heat won by Swope of Dartmouth
in 49 10 seconds, while George
towns .fayorite, Jimmy, Burgess,
handicapped by a leg injury, did nc
{ better than sixth in a heat won by
Ray Bargutign OF Syracuse, i'll the
brilliant time of 48 5-10, the fastest
of tine day.
Charley Borah, Southern Califor-
/, niaaosophonore j and national 100
sl yard champion, flashed great speed
in winning his trial sprint heats.
The Trojan youngster did mis- 100
in 8 $40 seconds and will be a
favorite at this distance in the finals
with AL Miller of Harvard, mis-, OUT
standing rival as a result Of the
!, withdrawal of Frank HuSSey of Bos-
ton college through illness. In the
2lO-yard dash Borah will have to
contend against Miller as well as
Fred Alderman, Michigan state FLASH
both of whom stepped the distance
faster than the coast star today.
Alderman turned in the best mark,
81 41-0 seconds.
Other upsets included in the
elimination Of Ragan OF California
iii the high hurdies as the eresulI
of a fall, the failure of John An
derSon of Cornell to qualify in the
shotput, and the elimination OF one
1926 champion, Bill Dowding OF
Georgetown in the broad jump III
which Hill, Southern California
star, also failed to qualify.
No records fell and the wind pre-
vented recognition for one record,
equalling feat, by Vincent Moroney
Of Georgetown who led the javelin
throwers with a toss of 19s feet,
inch @f~
The full list of qualitiers follows:
Stanford, IA; Southern California
10; Dartmouths 3; Yale and Penn
State, 8 each;ei sPennsy q;
Princeton, s.; Pittsburgh, Michigan
State, Harvard and California, Z
each; Cornell and Georgetown. 4
each; Syracuse, 8; Massachusetts
Tech, and Brown, 2 each: Bates
Boston college, Bowdoin, Colgate
HOLY Cross. Maine, / each.