New Britain herald., 1928-05-26
KRENz THE BABE
ruth Of TRACK
Youthful Star Leads Leland
StanfOrd's Team in Meet Today

Cambridge, Mass, May &c 49,
It's an old saying with the Yankees
that ''as Ruth goes. so goes the
team"
Eric Krenz. % year old Babe
Ruth of track and field sportA
seems to WELD a similar influence
upon Leland Stanford's team, favor
lite today to romp of with the fifty
second intercollegiate A. A. A. A,
championships for the second
straight year and take the historic
title back to the Pacific coast for
the seventh time in eight seasons.
Eric, the curly-haired sophomore
who losses the sixteen pound shot.
and discus around with the same
reckless abandon that Ruth hits
home runs, was in record-breaking
form in yesterdays trials. from the
moment he stepped out on the Har-
ward turf to hurl the shot to q new
record of so feet l inch until, a few
hours later, he wound up a busy
day by tossing the discus 4 new
record distance of 1874 feet, II
inches.
AS krenz goes. SO goes Stanford"
Eric sets the pace but he isn't
the whole team, by any means.
Twelve and possibly thirteen others
stood ready to contribute to STAN
ford's score, which experts expected
to produce a one-sided victory for
the Cardinals as we'll as to establish
the highest point total in at least
ten years. if not thirty years.
1t seemed probable to observers
that Stanford, in spite of keen OPP
position from Yale, Southern Cali
fornia, Harvard and Cornell, would
equal or surpass the Appoint mod :
ern mark. set by Cornell in 1918 and
possibly threaten the all-time high
mark of 81 points. registered by
Pennsylvania in 1899.
Yale, the casts only hope and a
slim one, surprised even its ardent
supporters by sticking close to Stan
ford in the qualifying competition
yesterday, which cut the entry list
OF some 500 performers down to
LOG in Is of the 10 championship
events. Tho Cardinals margin over
the Ellis was only 13 10 II in the
number of qua1ifiers but the pro-
portion of scoring power embodied
in the Stanford group was much
higher than that in the Blue bri-
gade. There was wider gap be-
tween Stanford's scoring machine
and other outstanding squads such
as those representing Cornell, Har-
ward and Southern California, each
of which qualified eight men yes
terday.
With team Donors virtually con-
coded to Stanford. even by Yale's
enthusiasts. the casts main hopes
rested In the possibility of wrestling
a fair share Of individual champion
ship laurels from the invading far
western contingent
Three championship met records
we're shattered in the preliminaries.
two of them by krenz and third
by Al Bates of Penn State with a
broad jumI OF - feet, 10 3-s inches
These as well as other existing
marks faced further attack and
possible demolishment in the finals
scheduled tc start this afternoon at
S:3o o'clock eastern daylight time.
Yale pinned its faith in Sabin
Carr. famous Iole vaulter. to repel
the challenge of two western rivals.
Lee Barnes Of Southern California,
present worlds record-holder. and
Ward Edmonds, slim Stanford ace.
In the quarter-mile, another pros
pective thriller. the Ellis again put
forward an eastern hope in Laun-
Celot Ross. who was kept out Of the
eco especially TO conserve his ener-
gies for the race with Bud Spencer,
Stanford captain. and Ray Bar
butt, Syracuse filler.
The sprint king. Charley Borah OF
Southern California, seemed slated to
keep his crown. despite the aspira-
lions Of such stars as Art French OF
Harvard. Jimmy Quinn and Jimmy
Daley of Holy Cross, the casts pick.
The half-mile and mile had eastern
tavorites in Phil Edwards Of New
York university and Bill Cox Of Penn
State, respectively.
Krenz, with margin OF more than
nine feet over his nearest rival, had
the discus 'sewed up but in the
Shot-put, he had the prospect Of an
other duel with his teammate, Har-
fow Rothert. Rothert was only
half-inch behind Krenz yeste rday,
twice heaving the 16-pound iron ball
out to so feet 1-2 inch. krenz equal
led this figure once and then did his
record SOL. Thus, in one afternoon,
these two Stanford sophomores
eclipsed four times the former rec
ord of 40 feet, IL 3-4 inches. made
by Bud Houser in 1925. Four times
they put the ball out beyond SO feet,
a mark that had not been touched
In 81 previous years of I. c. A. A.
A. A. championship competition.
krenz, who totes an 1S-pound
weight around most Of his waking
hours, holding 1t even during his
studies to strengthen his wrists, IL
the greatest all-around weight man
TO come out Of the west since Bud
Houser, who won both the shot and
discus at the 1924 Olympics. Krenzs
performances yesterday displaced
two of Housers records. He may be
cut out to fill the Olympic role at
Amsterdam this year that Bud did At
Paris.
Other prospective tussles today, on
the basis Of form and performances
i'll the trials, included those between
Wright of Cornell and Black of
Maine. In the hammer-throw; Bates
Of Penn State and Dyer of Stanford
in the broad jump: Hines of George.
town, Ghillany of Columbia, a new
conner. and Darling Of Stanford in
the javelin throw; Maynard Of Dart
mouth and king of Stanford in the
high jump.