The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-06
MOST WORLDS
RECORDS WILL
FACE ERASURE
lOO-Meters Dash Shapes Up as
Battle of Youth Versus
Heroic Old Age
RAY CONGER is ENIGMA
Sprints, Hurdles and Distance
Runners Will Feature
TOday's Trials
RAY CONGER IS ENIGMA

Cambridge, Mass, July s.-'P-
The greatest array of track and
field athletes ever assembled in this
country was here today for the final
Olympic tryout at Harvard stadium.
Every section of the country was
represented in the army of 300
youths each Of whom has ambitions
to wear the American shield at the
Amsterdam games few weeks
hence
Most of the worlds records were
in danger. and none more so than
the mark for the l0O-meter dash. A
field of 80 Of the fastest sprinters
ever gathered together was entered
in this event and indications were
that the winner would be forced to
equal or better the record time of 10
3/5 seconds.
This spirit shaped up as battle
of youth against age. Three high
school boys. Frank Wykott and
Frank lombard Of California, and
Claude O. Bracey of Texas, appeared
to have excellent chance of displac-
ing Charlie Paddock and Jackson
Scholz from the American Olympic
team and overshadowing such bril-
liant stars as Frank Hussey, Al Mil
Ter, Roland Locke, Henry Russell
and many other cinder heroes.
Another event on today's card
which doomed as a feature was the
80O-meters run, an event which at
tracted such stars as Lloyd Hahn,
Ray Watson, the national champion,
Sam Martin. Pincus Sober. George
Lenses and two score more capable
performers.
Conger Holds Off
Ray Conger of the Illinois A. c.,
the only man who has beaten Lloyd
Hahn in middle distance race in
two years, was undecided whether
he would run the 500 or the 1900
meter race. Johnny Behr, his coach.
advised him to delay his decision
until the last possible moment.
Conger would find the opposition
less difficult in the longer race but
he prefers the shorter one, which will
go the full half-mile distance to give
Hahn chance to break the world
record of minute Sic seconds set
by DIR. Otto Pelzer of Germany.
If Conger decides on the 1900
meters, he would be called upon to
race against Ralph Luttman, inter-
collegiate mile champion, Bill Cox
of Penn State, Charley Sansome,
the New England champion, Rufus
Kiser, national collegiate champion,
and many other good college milers
who. however, have not the class of
the S0O-meter runners.
Thirty-three hurdlers. including
Leighton Dye of Los Angeles, who
recently broke the world record set
by Earl Thomson. were entered in
the 110-meters event. Ross Nichols
of Stanford, the intercollegiate
champion, was expected to give Dye
the stiffest competition. although
Steve Anderson Of the University Of
Washington, Dan kinsey. the 1924
Olympic winner, and the eastern
college stars, Monty Wells, Earl Nc
Donald, John Collier and Elmo Caru-
theirs, were also much in the run
ming.
Field Events Carded
There was no high jumping or
pole vaulting on today's program,
which was set to get under way at
1:3O p. m. eastern standard time.
but the list of field events included
trials in the shot put, broad jump,
hammer, javelin, discus, running
hop, step and jump and the final in
the 56-pound weight throw, which
will be for the national A. A. U.
championship only as this event is
no longer an Olympic competition.
The outstanding field performers
included Dehart Hubbard, considered
one Of the greatest flat jumpers in
the world, John kuck. national shot
put champion, Eric Krenz, national
discus titlist, Levi Casey. hop, step
and jump champion, and Charley
Harlow, the Lost Angeles javelin
thrower of great renown.
Every national champion. except
Willie Ritola, the Finnish distance
runner who has returned home to
compete at Amsterdam for his
fatherland, will defend his title and
most Of them will succeed only after
giving the best performance of their
careers.