New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-05-28
EAST ELIMINATED
FOR TRACK TITLE
Far Vests Athletes Prepared to
Fight for Henors
Philadelphia, May % up - wi

Philadelphia, May 20 up - With
the casts defenses apparently
shattered by the preliminary fray.
the far VESTS brawny athletic sons
prepared to fight 1t out among
themselves today to see whether
Stanford or Southern California
would have the distinction OF taking
Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. track
and field team championship on its
sixth trans-continental journey In
seven years.
In spite of prospects Of a SEN
sational and possibly record-break-
in gtussle for individual laurels in
today's Is championship events at
Franklin field. experts conceded
the fight for team honors to the
two California rivals. Stanford was
the favorite. on the strength OF
setting the elimination pace yester-
day with IA qualif1ers to 10 for
Southern California, but the Trojans
were not expected to yield the title
they have held for two successive
years without struggle.
The trials developed no eastern
school with the power Of either
Stanford or Southern California.
Dartmouth, with nine qualifiers.
along with Yale and Penn State,
each qualifying eight men, dis
played formidable talent, but not
enough to stimulate any champion
ship hopes. Distribution of other
qualifying places showed Pennsyl-
vania with seven. Princeton with
six. Pittsburgh. Michigan State,
Harvard and California with five.
Cornell and Georgetown with four
each, Syracuse with three and the
others scattered.
While some of the favorites fell
by the wayside or were forced from
ompetition-such as Hussey OF
Boston college in the sprints. Hill
Of Southern California In the broad
jump. Talbot Of California. Burgess
OF Georgetown and Spencer of
Stanford in the "44O" and Ander-
son of Cornell in the shot-put -
most Of the stars survived the
trials safely.
Charley Borah, Southern Cali
fornia ace, fulfilled promise Of a
powerful bid for double victory In
the sprints but faced keen competi-
ton from Miller of Harvard in both
the 100" and "220" as we'll a.
from Alderman OF Michigan State
and Paulsen OF Yale In the fur
long.
Remarkably fast quarter-mile per-
formances in the trials held forth
prospects Of stirring duel in which
two team mates, Ray Barbuti. SYRIA
cuse football captain-e elect, and Cecil
Cooke, negro star and champion, fig
ured to share the spotlight.
Bill Cox, rangy Penn State sopho-
more. having been withdrawn from
the SS0-Nard run, doomed as con-
tender for double distance honors
In the mile and two-mile races. He
was strong favorite in the mile, to
be run first. but with only q 40
minute rest his chances were con-
sidered doubtful in the two-mile
event against such men as Benson of
Cornell and Loucks of Syracuse.
Stanford's high-scoring hopes GEN.
tered chiefly around the burly figure
OF Biff Hoffman. contender for both
shot and discus titles; King and
Work, high jumping aces. and West
and Nichols. speedy hurdlers. The
Cardinals also had three Of the five
men who qualified in the broad
jump with leaps of over - feet, as
well as contenders in the javelin,
mile run. and pole vault.
Besides Berah. Southern Califor-
MIA pinned its reliance largely on
Lee Barnes and Jock Williams in
the pole vault, where all six quail
flers cleared 10 feet yesterday: Cap
tain Ed House in the 100" Morton
Kaer in the lower hurdles and Cog
geshall in the high jump.