Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-07
QUALIFY TWELVE
IN COLLEGE MEET
Sprint Competition Expected
to Reach Peak in Final
at Chicago Today.
BY WILLIAM WEEKES,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

INHICAGO, June Conquer
ors of all they have met
this year, Southern Cali
fornia'S men of Troy went
on to Stage Field today seeking
and favored-to win the national
collegiate track and field cham
pionShip.
Led by curly-haired Frank Wykof,
the Trojans yesterday qualified IL men
in 9 of the 10 events tried, with Ohio
State, Illinois and the University OF
Washington following with just half that
number Nebi aSka, Kansas, Notre Dame
and Stanford had four each In spite
of Southern CALIFORNIA; domination OF
affairs yesterday, the qualifying was
truly national in character. All told,
Al universities and colleges from every
section of the Nation sent one of more
men into today's finals
The 100-yard dash, which has fallen
shy of expectations III most meets TINS
season, promised to hit its peak in to-
days final with proper weather condt-
lions.
Sprint Rivals Tie.
George Simpson of Ohio STATE flashed
through a drizzly rain in his heat yes
terday in 0:09.6, and moment later
Wykoff, Southern CALIFORNIA; speedster,
duplicated the performance. Against
them will be the fleet Texans, Claude
Bracey of Rice Institute and Cy Leland
of Texas, Christian University; George
Hutson of Denison, Eddie Tolan OF
Michigan, world record holder; Hubert
Meier of Iowa State College, and Ed
TOPPING of Loyola, New Orleans.
Neither Simpson nor Wykoff appeared
to be using everything and tk2 posi-
bility of a new world record appeared
prime. Simpson qualified in the go
yard dash, setting up the best time at
0:2l:4. Wykoff did not accept the issue
and Simpson today had Bracey, Leland
and Tolan, along with Farmer OF North
Carolina, Root of East of Chicago, and
Wells of Iowa State, as his adverSaries
in the longer sprint race.
Illinois crack hurdler, Lee Sentman
dominated the qualifiers in both bar
rier events, doing his 120-yard highs in
0:14.6 and the 220-yard lows in 0:238.
Dick Rockaway of Ohio State, winner
of the high hurdles last year, and Steve
Anderson of Washington, who won the
lows, again qualified, with the Pacific
Coast star figured as Seminars closest
competition. Seminar made it day
by qualifying in the broad jump.
ROthert Improves.
Harlow Rothert, Stanfords brilliant
yesterday, but made good start by
thrusting aside his own meet mark. He
tossed the 16-pound ball 81 feet 134
inches, nearly foot better than his
1929 record of so feet inches.
The weather apparently was all out
of order for Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech
regarded as the countrys premier broad
jumper. 1t did not, however, hamper
Ed Gordon University of Iowa Negro,
who was not an official member of the
Hawkeye squad Gordon was Topped off
the Iowa squad by Coach George Bres-
nahan as a disciplinary measure. He
| paid his own way to Chicago and on
! his second jump flung himself Is feet
! through the drizzle. 1t was the best
| leap of his career and topped the quail
flying Hamm was second with jump
of "a feet % inch.the second time this
season he has failed to reach 25 feet.
More good news was dispensed for
the record hounds when the committee
decided to run the 1-nlile race in one
section instead of four Scratches made
it possible to send the entrants into one
race, in which Rufus Kiser of Wash
ington, Jack Walter of Marquette, Ray
Swartz of Western Teachers, Kalama-
zoo, Mich; Ralph HILL the Oregon star,
and a number of others who have
beaten APO this year, will meet.
Weather predictions were Fair and
slightly warmer"