Evening star., 1928-05-27
BY ALAN J. GOULD.

SONS OF Leland OJdnIOTu university
from carrying off the intercollegiate A.
A. A. A. team championship for the
second straight year.
Eleven Stanford athletes led by the
stalwart sophomore. Eric Krenz. piled
up total of 43 points to spread-eagle
the field and win by the biggest margin
any victorious team has had in 13 years
Yale, carrying the forlorn hopes of the
East. finished second with asia points,
while Cornell and Penn State tied for
third with Is points apiece.
Capturing four first places and scor-
ing altogether in of the Is events
Stanford had runaway of 1t from start
to finish. 1t wasn't close at any stage
of the rain-swept finals.
Highest Total Since 1917.
Stanford's winning total was the high
est since 1917. when Cornell won with
At points, and the margin of II 2-3
points over the second place Yale ag
gregation was the biggest since Cornell
swamped the field in 1915, scoring IS y
points to Harvards IS.
1t also was the seventh time in eight
years that the premier Eastern track
and field college title has gone to the
West Coast. Southern California. which
has won twice before. and California,
ming today. The Trojans, due to the
withdrawal of their sprinting ace,
Charley Borah. 1927 champion. and his
running mate. Weldon Draper, picked
up only six points. California tailed
Ave
With the team title a one-Sided af-
fair, the battle for individual honors
In the mud and rain held the interest
of the soaked and scanty crowd of a
few thousand. They saw series of
flashing performances. in spite of the
wretched conditions, with Ray Barbuti,
burly Syracuse captain and foot ball
star, emerging to share the chief indi-
vidual glory with the equally Stocky
Eric Krenz, These two stocky athletes
we're the only double winners.
Barbuti Earns His Points.
Krenz was able to rest on his laurels
of yesterday. clinching first place in the
shot put and discus with his record
breaking preliminary throws that no
one was able to threaten today. but
/ Barbuti was forced to go out and earn
his twin victories in the 220-yard dash
and 440-yard run.
| The big Syracuse hier beat out the
/ Stanford captain. Emerson (Bud)
/ Spencer. the favorite. by yard in a
/ thrilling finish in 4S $40 seconds. Ap-
/ parently none the worse for the wear
/ and tear of this grueling event. Bar
butt came back an hour and half later
| to yin the 220 with sensational fin
iSh" that overcame Barron Rockwell
OF Princeton In - 5-l0 seconds,
| The sprints were robbed Of much OF
their prospective thrill by the with
drawal Of Borah, double winner last
year, and Draper, but it would have
taken the best the Southern Califor
mans have shown to have beaten either
Barbuti in the furlong. or Jimmy Quinn,
the Holy Cross flier. who took the 100
yard final in 3 9-10 seconds, sensational
time In the sloppy going.
Harvard Wins Two ThrilIers
Two spectacular triumphs went 10
Harvard in the one and two mile runs,
both of which were decided in the last
stretch in roar of excitement. Ralph
Luttman. Stocky little Crimson miller.
came from behind with beautifully
timed last lap sprint to dethrone the
champion. Bill Cox of Penn State. A
little later Jimmy Reid OF Harvard
duplicated his teammates sterling feat
by romping from the rear with tre-
mcndouS burst of finishing speed To
beat Joe Hagen OF Columbia, the in
door champion: Benson Of Cornell,
WelleS of Princeton and Brown Of
Michigan State in thrilling dash
through the muck.
Another champion was unSeated in
the l20-yard high hurdles when the
trim Stanford star Ross Nichols. gal
loped over the sticks faultleSSly to win
from John Collier Of Brown by inches
in an exciting finish 10 race that saw
the 1927 winner, Wells OF Dartmouth.
fifth and last
The low hurdles were romp for
kieSelhorSt of Yale after the two
Southern Californians Payne and Gra-
ham. along with the lone Stanford
entry. West, were eliminated i'll the
semi-flnal trials Three Eli timber toss
erS figured in the final,
Fridays Records Stand.
The three I. c. A. A. A. A. cham
pionShip meet records set yesterday all
withStood fresh attacks today and re-
manned as the sole record product Of
the carnival, krenz. who put the shot
out tn new mark OF so feet | inch
yesterday, was unable 10 do better than
4S feet inches. His teammate. Har-
low Rothert, was equally unsuccessful
in efforts TO better his fine mark of so
feet l. inch In the trials, krena' dis
Gus mark of lS4 feet II inches, like
no broad Jumper was able to improve
on the preliminary mark of "a feet
i0Aa inches that clinched firSt place
for Al Bates of Penn State
nciying the elements, Sahin w Carr
OF Dubuque Iowa, and Yale was not
content with beating his foremost rival,
Lee Barnes OF Southern California. IN !
the pole vault, After winning the event
with a vault of Is feet inches, Carr
set sail for new world record height
with the bar at Ia feet inches. Three |
times the ndy-haired son of Ell !
SplaShed down the runway and lifted |
himself aloit but ne Knocked the bar |
OF ON each OCCASION coming closest 20 !
going over ON his tirSt attempt. Barnes. !
who set the world mark at Ia feet Ia /
inches on the PacitlC Coast, was unable |
TO better Is feet and finished second
stanford strong m Field.
Stanfords strength Was distributed /
chiefly in the field events. but Nichols |
In the high hurdles. and spencer III the |
quarter mile picked up nine points to |
add to the total OF 10 tailed IN the !
shot put by krena. Rothert and Forster |
Ave by krenx IN the discus, two In the |
pole vault by Ward EdmendS. who tied |
for third place, seven by the broad /
jumpers Dyer and Homhero, who took |
second and third positions. flve III the |
Javelm by Kirby and Sparling. who |
reversed their preliminary positions and |
finished third and fourth, and ave more |
ny Bob King, who returned tn the high |
lump championship after wears lapse, /
tiethronmg the 1922 winner. Maynard |
ol Dartmouth
The only Cardinal eontendeFs today
who failed t0 tally were West, In the
low hurdles, Morrison, In the AAa. and