The Washington times., 1927-05-28

The handicapping outlined abovet
allowed Charley Borah. of Southern
California, first places in both
sprints; Barnes and Williams about
six points in the pole vault; Kae-
and Graham about five points in
the low hurdles; Aleski a point in
the shot put; Coggeshall three i'll
the high jump and three extra
points for odd places that might
turn out of anything or nothing.
The Trojans, giving them their due,
brought East a more diverse team
than the impending champions.
But, unfortunately, it is not likely
to be the winning team. For STAN
ford, quite typical of coast cham
| pions of the immediate past, has
| concentrated it's strength in the
field events and the hurdles and
will score on the principle of mass
production.
It placed no men in either
sprint; its standOut quarter
miller, Emerson Spencer, was
shut out in his heat, falling
victim to the usual reaction that
hits all Coast middle distancers
in the East; and it didn't have
an entry worth sending to the
post i'm the half-mile.
What 1t did do was to mass it's ID
qualifiers in eight events and. fig
uring them solely on their perform
ance Of yesterday, they simply must
score until it hurts-the other guy.
| Moreover, some of Stanford's field
men figure to improve on yester-
days returns. Ted Shipkey, for in
stance, in the javelin throw and
Cliff Hoffman in the shot-put.
For some reason this pair couldn't
get out to their best yesterday, and
they were far from alone. McClos-
key, of Boston College, just lasted
to qualify in the half mile; Jimmy
Burgess, of Georgetown, finished an
absolute last in his heat of the
quarter; Joaquin, of Stanford, was
shut out of the javelin; Reynolds of
Southern California, was eliminated
in the high hurdles, and Anderson,
of Cornell, didn't make the quail
flying six in the shotput. 1t was
day of form flip-flops in many
events, but not in all.
Borah and Miller, of Harvard,
readily broke even time in the
heats of the hundred, the f'rmer
breezing 9 4-5 with a wind at his
back. This was good, but the pole
vault, low hurdles, and broad jump
were much better.
In the latter, five men-Ma-
thias and Bates, of Penn State
and Meeks, ZOmbrO and Dyer,
1 nj hnR
an almost unprecedented exhi-
the end of the day there was
less than five inches separating
the marks of Matthias, who led
the way at "a feet So inches,
and Dyer, who was fifth in line
at "a feet 70 inch.
However, the pole vault had that
beaten, for there wasn't even a
fraction of an inch to be divided
among the six men who tied at
IL feet, which is a composite record
for all weights and ages. Nor
even the Olympic games have pro.
duced pole vaulting of this order.
The sextette responsible was com.
posed of Lee Barnes, Olympic cham.
pion, and Jack Williams, both Of
Southern California; Sabin Carr.
Yale, holder of the worlds indoor
record; Steve Bradley, Princeton:
| Ward Edmonds, OF Stanford and
V. L. Pickard, Pittsburgh, who
placed at the Paris Olympics as a
member of the Canadian team
With that kind of q field lined
up, anything is possible today.
although it would take a Confirmed
optimist to expect anything unfore.
seen to happen to Charley Hoffis
world record of Is feet ii 1876
inches. However, a new games
record Is not only possible but
probable.
In the low hurdless, every heat
simmer West, Of Stanford: Kaer,