Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-31
TRACK DOPESTERS
SEEU. S. c. VICTORY
Figures to Score Points in
Eleven of Fifteen Events
of !. c. A. A. A. A. Meet.
By ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

TSooSAatC0 EASSS 0pOEbo WIltGIs
DAMBRIDGE, Mass, May 81.
"a The matter of shifting
~ the intercollegiate track
and field capital from Palo
Alto to Los Angeles for 1880 APP
peared likely to be settled today,
with Southern CALIFORNIA; versa
tile band of TrojanS favored to
end the three-year reign of STAN
ford's mighty Cardinals as cham
pionS of the I. G. A. A. A. A..
The battle for team honors shared
the closing days spotlight with spec
tacular sprint struggle involving three
of the country's fastest-Frank Wykoff
of Southern California, Hector Dyer
of Stanford and Eddie Tolan of Michi-
gan, the world record holder for the
100 yards.
Paced by the marvellous achievements
of those twin huskies, Eric Krenz and
Harlow Rothert, the greatest pair of
weight toSSerS in college athletic his
tory, Stanford began the defense of the
team title yesterday In record-breaking
style. In fact, after the days pre-
liminaries, the Cardinals held nu-
merical lead over the Trojans, IS to IL,
in qualifying places captured. Harvard
qualified z to lead the Eastern pack.
Trojans Impressive.
Actually, however, the demonstration
of all-around strength by Southern Call
ifornia was more impressive than that
of the champions. AS a consequence, as
well as because of the reserve strength
OF the Trojans in such events as the
pole vault and high jump, for which
no preliminaries were held, the experts
were nearly unanimous today in picking
u. S. G. to win for the first time since
1925-26.
The dopesters figured Southern Cal
ifornia, barring unexpected breaks, to
be capable of winning with a total of
from As to so points and surprising
Stanford's high mark of ASA last year.
The same figure jugglers expected the
Cardinals to tally from 35 to 40 points.
No other team in the field of "a figured
to tally more than 20 points.
The prospects were that University of
Southern California would tally in no
less than IL of the Is championship
events. For victory, the Trojans relied
chiefly upon their murders, who per-
formed impressively yesterday, especially
Jeddy Welsh in the 120-yard events:
Frank Wykoff, favorite in the 1OO-yard
dash, who equaled the meet record Of
81 seconds In the semi-flnals in beating
his Stanford rival, Hector Dyer; Stewart
and Won Osdel, brilliant high jumpers;
Mortensen and Snider in the javelin;
Vic Williams, star quarter-miler; Nc
Gegh in the half-mile and Halstead in
the mile.
Rothert Clinches Title.
Stanford pinned its hopes of fourth
straight triumph upon the sturdy Shoul-
ders of Krenz and Rothert in the shot
put and discus: Hec Dyer, leading con-
tender in both sprints; Dowell and West
in the broad Jump and Roger Smith in
the high hurdles.
Rothert had the shotput title clinched
for the second successive time with q
qualifying heave of So feet Il inch,
which shattered the American as well as
]. @. A. A. A. A. A. records. The STAN
ford stars nearest rival was Krenz, with
so feet Ga inches, which also surpassed
Rothert's former meet record Of so feet
8 inches The trial marks stood for the
finals today.
Krenz whirled the discus 1853 feet 8
inches. beating his meet record of 154
feet IL inches by nearly feet, but be-
cause Of favoring wind the achieve
ment was not accepted as a new record
The rangy Dyer, seeking a double
sprint victory for the champions, faced
the brilliant Wykoh only in the century,
and Eddie Tolan of Michigan, the
worlds 100-yard record-holder in both
events. Tolan won his 100-yard semi
final yesterday in 9.8 seconds. Dyers
best chance of triumph appeared in the
220, which he ran in 21.7 in the trials.
A bad ankle forced the century cham
pion, Karl Wildermuth of Georgetown,
to default.
California suffered an unexpected set
back when its captain. Al Pogolotti, was
eliminated in the high hurdles, but the
Golden Bears contributed a record
breaker in Kenneth Churchill uf1O
threw the javelin 207 feet 81a inches.
to lead the qualifiers and make new
meet record
The list of qualifiers: Stanford IS;
Southern California, IL; Harvard, Z;
Pennsylvania, Cornell. Michigan, New
York University, Colgate, Yale, Dart
mouth and Syracuse, each; Holy
Cross and California, each; Princeton,
Union and Michigan State, 2 each, and
G. G. N. Y, Bates Brown and Maine,
each.