The Washington times., 1928-05-26
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass, May
26.-Three championship rec
ords were already cut down
and harvested as the field Of
athletes went into the final
rounds Of the intercollegiate
track and field title games
this afternoon and, according
to popular belief, the pruning
and the shearing was only be-
gun.
The lads were only using mani
cnre sef Yesterday, it seems. Today
thew were to be out there with
grain reaper.
The decapitation OF as many az
five games record was regarded az
4 distinct possibility before nightfaH.
Among the accepted probabilities
was the defeat OF the worlds pole
vault mark by Lee Barnes, Southern
california. or Sabin Carr. Yale, Or
both. The latter held the outdoor
and indoor records at Ia feet and IA
feet inch. respectively, until few
weeks ago when Barnes bettered
both by a fraction Of an inch in
Coast meet.
The meeting Of this pair in
the finals today, therefore, fore
casted the settlement Of world
wide supremacy I'm the event and
the tentative establishment OF 3
record that figured to endure
until such time as the boys got
at IL again.
This contest between the modern
second.st men of competitive
sport left the rest of the program
in bas-belief. any rival thrills being
understood to be random. extrane-
Gus and not to be expected. There
wasn't even to be one of those last
event climaxes in which John
Bananas comes along TO finish In q
sensational tie for fourth place ana
win the championship in the honor
and name of that dear alma mater.
| stanford, with Eric Krenz and
| his companions ready for another
| froIic in the field events. was be-
lieved to have the team title ready
for shipment, +. o. b. Palo Alto,
Calf. 1t viii be Stanford's second
successive championship and the
seventh in the last eight years to
find its way into California.
Krenz was one Of the main
dependencies Of those who pre-.
dicted further records today.
His so feet l inch in the shot
put and 154 feet III inches in
the discus may be improved by
himself, &c was argued, particu.
| In unk
sun prevailed when the shOt-put
| field was mustered.
| Another Stanford bet, Harlow
Rothert, only half inch behind
Krenz with the weight yesterday,
| conceivably might step himself out
in the front of the pig lift and tug
man in the finals this afternoon, 1t
was argued.
Other records that were thought
! to be in for a possible trimming
were those in the broad Jump, high
| jump, javelin throw and 440-yard
run. Emerson Spencer, who ran AT
seconds to a new 4OO-meter record
recently and has been acclimating
In the East for several weeks, was
the popular choice, il any, to beat
| Meredith's AZ 2-5 in the quarter.
"a VI the
not mistaken. which is simply un-
thinkable. Spencer won't even win
| the race. These dissenters say that
Ray Barbuti. of Syracuse. will nip
the tape and that the record will
remain strictly as is.
! The chance of a record In the
| jaVelin was predicsted on the fact
| that Creth Hines. Georgetown, the
current holder, still was around and
about, although his best yesterday
was more than five feet short %
| the mark he made on Franklin
Field last year. Whether the broad
| jump recordSwas to be an overnight
affair remained to be answered by
Alfred Bates. Penn State, who beat
his own figures in doing "a feet
! 10& inches yesterday. Bates might
have couple of inches more in
| him today. in which case he will
take his place among the immortal
few who have done 70 feet or
| better.
Bob King. Stanford, has done
| feet 8 inches in the high jump, II
| he does it again today, he will
have a new record. If he doesn't,
what of it? 1t was also possible
that Charley Borah, Southern Cali.
fornia whiffet or whippet or both
might get under the record Of
$40 for the hundred. He had no.
body in particular to beat in either
IF thu SnyiotS