Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-07
DECIDING OLYMPIC
TRIALS ON TODAY
Paddock, HuSsey and Other
Favorites Ell mated in
Testing Events.


ranks of the American track and field
brigade thinned out by the first of
the final tests at Harvard Stadium,
wheeled into the deciding trials today
with a new and youthful hero of sprint
dom at their head-19-year-o Frank
Wykoff of Glendale, Calf.
Wykoff emerged from the opening
days battle of speed courage and
Drawn with an assortment of honors
few runners ever have known. Within
the space of four hours of competition
he won four 100-mcter races. up to and
including the final in Olympic record
equaling time of 10 3-5 seconds, cap
turing the National A. A. U. cham
pionship and running into the ground
the greatest convention of sprinters
Uncle Sam has ever assembled on one
and the same afternoon.
In what Lawson Robertson, Olympic
head coach and other officials char
acteriZed as the greatest sprinting per-
Torrance they ever have witnessed this
rugged, curly haired youth showed his
heels TO every rival in sight beating
nearly two score opponents of cham
pionship or record-holding caliber.
Through a succession of heart testing
struggles that cracked the stamina and
speed of many a seasoned veteran, the
big &c" on Wykoff's jersey never
trailed He won all of his four races
decisively. while such aces as Charley
Paddock. former world champion.
Frank HusSey. New Yorks favorite, and
George Simpson, Ohio State flash, were
eliminated
Clinch Olympic Berths.
Wykoff won the final heat by good
yard with Bob McAllister, New York S
flying cop" q surprising second
Henry Russell the lanky former Cor
nell star. third, and Claude Bracey,
rangy Texan, fourth-all thereby clinch-
ing places on the team that sails next
Wednesday for Amsterdam and the
Olympics.
Jimmy Quinn of Holy Cross and jack
son Scholz. New York A. c., veteran,
finishing fifth and sixth in the final,
also were assured of berths at least on
the 400-meter relay team if they failed
to do any better in the 200-meter try
outs this afternoon
Paddock struggled calamity to come
back. but was shut out in the semi
finals in heat that saw Quinn. Scholz
and Bracey leading the blond Califor-
MAN TO the tape in a stirring finish.
Hussey winner of the Eastern trials and
a prime choice to win among many eX-
perts. was eliminated in the other semi
final. which saw the breakdown and COL
lapse Of Simpson. The Ohio State flyer,
after two fine preliminary races, pulled
a muscle in his left leg and barely stag
gered to the finish before sprawling to
the track. Chef Bowman, the defending
national champion, whose come back
also has signally failed this year. was
put out in his first race.
The Olympic record of 103, was
equaled in eight of the twelve l00-meter
races. with Wykoff touching the mark
four times. Bracey twice. Simpson and
Quinn once each. None of these flyers
equaled Paddocks world mark of 1925
seconds.
At the end Of the wedding out process
In 10 events, the Eastern talent led the
intersectional struggle with "a places
gained, The Far West had 49, the Mid
die West. Is the South, 5 Southwest.
8, and Rocky Mountain area, /.
In the ll0-meter high hurdles. Ross
Nichols Stanford star, equaled the
world record of 144s seconds in the
semi-flnals.
In the broad jump, Ed Hamm.
Georgia Tech. set the pace with a leap
Of IS feet 2Ss inches. The Shotput pro-
duced a new star in Herman Brix of the
University of Washington, who heaved
the iron ball so feet ga inches. In the
S00meter run, Lloyd Hahn .of Falls
City, Nebr., and Boston. beat the Amer
lean record without being pushed in the
slightest,
Bowman First to Fail.
Bowman. former Syracuse star. was
the first favorite 10 fail. This was in
the 100 meters
Dan Kinsey of the Illinois A. c. the
1924 Olympic champion. failed to place
in the ll0-meter hurdles.
Bud HouSer of Los Angeles. the 1924
Olympic discus champion. staged a
comeback To lead the plate toSSerS with
q mark of ISL feet 134 inches. but Eric
Krenz of Stanford. holder of the inter-
collegiate discus title. failed by a wide
margin &c qualify.
In the iavelin throw the Big Ten
champion and outstanding favorite.
Wilmer Rlnehart of Indiana, was beat
en-. Arthur Sager of the Boston A. A.
did 200 feet inches, the Indiana ace
1873 feet o. inches. Creth b. Hines Of
Georgetown was second in this event
with heave Of 1875 feet inch.
John Kuck, credited with beating the
world records in both the shot and
lavelin, qualified in the weight tossing
but was way off form with the spear
and was eliminated along with Doug
las Graydon of Little Rock. Bill Spar
ling and Leo Kibby of Stanford, other
favoriteS
Sharing the schoolboy honorS of the
opening day was Sid Bowman of Ham
mond tLaD High School, who hopped
stepped and jumped into the lead with
mark of As feet Az inches.
Finals in Is Olympic events were
scheduled today starting at / nm.
Eastern standard time, The final make
up of the American team will be de-
cided tonight by the Olympic commit
tee.