The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-13
em0nS PREPARING for Hard Game
Stanford Chosen
Favorite to Win
West Track Meet
Trojans Come Second and
Bears Third; Stanford Has
Strong Veterans
Nv BOB MATHEHNE

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| the three big schools in California in
dictate that Stanford will come first
Southern California second. and Cali
fornia third in the track ratings this
| season
| To put it another way. Stanford
even at this carly date. seems cinch
| to cart away top honors at the inter-
collegiates and the national track
championships, as it has the past two
seasons.
The advance notes from Southern
California and California are quito
mournful. but those from Stanford
are optimistic. AS result. there
doesn't seem much likelihood of some
eastern school walking away with the
national titles for the second time in
nine years.
These three California schools have
led the field in the Intercollegiate
seven times in the past eight years.
Yale. in 1924. was the only outfit to
grab top honors for the cast And no
school seems likely to stop Stanford
this season.
Cromwell Is Gloomy
Dean Cromwell admits his Southern
California squad hasn't much chance
Of winning big l1onors this year. He
is woefully weak in the field events.
Of course he has Charley Borah and
Jack Williams as outstanding per-
formers in the sprints and pole vault,
and he has number of veterans from
last years squad but the power isn't
there. and he admits it.
Jim Stewart and Russ Needham,
both ineligible last season. may put
different complexion on Cromwell's
team. Stewart is the best Trojan in
the shot. discus and high Jump. and
Needham throws the javelin around
100 feet in practice. If they compete
capably it may mean difference of
10 to II points in every meet.
His opinion is that the Trojans
won't be terribly bothersome this
year. but he urges track followers to
watch them in 1880 and 1881.
The California outfit wasn't such a
WOW last season. They scored only
five points at Harvard. and didn't do
SO we'll in their dual meets OF the
1928 squad only nine veterans remain
ty-ninth season as track mentor. Cap
tain Henry Curticc in the javelin and
Ned Cherry and Henry Carter in the
mile are regarded as his most capable
performers.
Newcomers to the squad may UNI
cork unexpected strength, but hardly
enough to make the California squad
a feared one.
Stanford has ample veteran materi-
al on hand and an abundance Of
sophomoreS ready to perform in the
spots of the missing men Of the 1923
squad.
Nine veterans are missing this year.
including Bob King, Bud Spencer and
Kimball Dyer. but there remains
goodly number OF the 43 points
scored in the intercollegiate last sea-
SON, 30 points remain with Stanford:
Of the n scored in national cham
pionships, A are on hand.
Field Men Strong
They are not making much whoopee
about Templeton's track performers.
but the field performers, the factor
il the big meets in 1928, are numer-
Gus. They made Stanford powerful
last year. and are the reasons for OPP
timism at Palo Alto this year.
The field performers who remain
include Krenz and Rothert in the
weights, Kibby and Sparkling in the
javelin, Zombro in the broad jump,
and Edmonds in the pole vault. The
experienced runners are Nichols in
the hurdles. Lauritzen in the dashes,
and McKinnon in the/ mile.
Templeton also has on his squad
number of the fellows who earned
points here and there last season, who
may account for more points this
season than they did last year.
Looks Like Cinch
On the surface of this advance Cos
sip it seems as II Stanford is a cinch
to win from Southern California and
California in dual meets. and has al
most as much of a cinch to grab off
top honors in eastern meets. South
ern California may show unexpected
strength, depending on how the soph-
ignores pan out. California. though,
hrs little chance to do much.