New Britain herald., 1928-02-22
COACHING STAFF
 WILL BE CHOSEN
Robertson Halds Amdican Olympic Bolrd d St,ta6y

New York. Feb. a Ups-Tha olym. pie board of strategy. otherwise the coaching stan of the American track and field team. will be picked within the next few days.
 The chief strategist. or head coach. already has been decided upon. This post. apparently by unanimous con- gent. goes to Lawson Robertson of the University of Pennsylvania He has the backing of the Amateur Athletic Union. which is sufficient to insure his endorsement by the Olym- pic committee as . whole. Robbie" already has been exercising the func. tions of head coach.t mapping his program and gathering . coterie of talent under his wing at Franklin field.
 Picking the rest of tho stain isn't so easy. In fact some feelings may be hurt no matter what the Olympic committee decides. As just a sample of the situation. the three principal California Southern Cali fornia. Stanford and University of California - all have outstanding candidates for coaching posts. Wal ter Christie of California, shared head coaching responsibility with Robertson at the last Olympics. handling the field performers. but "Dink" Templeton of Stanford is coach of the Intercollegiate A. A. A. A. championship team and Dean Cromwell of L. S. C.. demands con- sideration as the tutor of such stars as Charley Borah. Charley Paddock, Lee Barnes and others.
 Realizing that he cannot stand as much of the wear and tear of a track and field campaign as before, Hal Osborn, veteran all-around star, may pass up defense of the Olympic decathlon title in order to concen- trate on the running high jump, where he also is the Olympic king.
 Osborn has told Lawson Robert- son he will enter the official decath- lon tryoutS in connection with the Penn relays. late in April. to deter mine just how much he can shoulder. If he finds difficulty in the nll- around test, the Illinois schoolmaster will turn his attention to the high jump but Robertson is hopeful the veteran will stage come back and tackle both assignments
 nd ha Sr-ox to as Ray Conger and Jummy Quinn have been jumping into the lime- light, the selection of the Olympic team will be anything but a cut and dried affair.
 Just when Lloyd Hahn looked to have the middle distance field all to himself. Conger has come along to upset the Nebraskan as we'll as Dr. Otto Peltzer. the German champion. Regardless of the merits of the el- lowing controversy. Conger has demonstrated he has some speed to burn. He comes from the Missouri valley sector that already has pro- duced its share of stars including Bob Simpson. the old hurdling champion. and Charley Brookins. the present low hurdling record holder: as well as Roland Locke and Hahn.
 Uncle Sam may suffer from an of springtime riches. Locke. Hussey. scholz. Al Miller. Folwell, Scull and Wildermuth are an all-star flock, but they all bowed to the feet-footed Quinn of Holy Cross. in the New York A. (. indoor meet
 There was no luke 10 Quinn's per- formance. and there is less skep- ticsm than before over his reputed 10o-yard performance in e3-o sec onds outdoors last year.
 The flying squadron from the Fa- cific coast, headed by Charley Pad dock and Charley Borah, also will be heard from when the sprinting roll is called
 There will be room for more sprinters. however. than any other Olympic speciality because l2 will be