Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-29
STARS GATHERING
mi. c. IA MEET
Focus on Century, Shotput
and Discus in Games Open
ing Tomorrow.
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

~A MBRIDGE, Mass. May 20.
If at least three world
records are not buffeted
about in the intercollegi-
ate A. A. A. A. championships start
ing tomorrow in the Harvard Sta
dunn, 1t will not be because Of any
lack of rivalry between the two
squads of strong-armed and
Swift-legged youth from Stanford
and Southern California.
The expected battle between the two
Pacific Coast universities for the team
championships in this track and field
classic, now 54 years DID, likely will see
the 100-yard, shotput and discus toss
ing records subjected to the severest
pressure. Marks in the high jump and
low hurdles also may be toppled II
the boys are in top form and the
conditions favorable.
Focuses on Century.
Frank Wykoff, who has done the
century in o. on the Coast without
starting blocks, is concentrating all his
efforts in this event, in which his main
rivals will be Eddie Tolan of Michigan,
the new words record holder at s.5,
and Hec Dyer, the Stanford star, who
beat Wykoff IN e.6 at Los Angeles. The
]. @. A. A. A. A. record for the CEN
fury Is e7. Dyer will be a favorite in
the 220.
The East has little to offer against
such speed. Neither Karl Wildermuth
Of Georgetown, the defending cham
pion, nor Jimmy Daley of Holy Cross
have been UP to their best this Spring
They might be outclassed, even If they
were In top form. Harvard's captain,
Tom Mason, has only an outside chance
10 score.
KrenE Carries Load.
etanford's team prospects are built
largely on the bulky shoulders of Eric
Krens and Harlow Rothert. These two
veight-tossing stars hope to celebrate
their final Eastern appearance as COL
legians by cracking few records.
KrenZ. In the discus and Rothert, in
the shotput. not only have the meet
records at their mercy, but figure to
menace the worlds records in their
spectalties.
Krenz recently gained official credit
inches in the discus, made last year.
He has tossed the platter four feet
farther already this Spring.
Rothert has more difficult job since
the world shotput mark was moved out
to So feet ia inches, the achievement
Of Germany's Emil Hirshfeld. Never
theleSS he has beaten 50 feet this
Spring and is primed for few mighty
heaves, with KrenZ to keep him COM
pany.
Other Records Loom.
Southern California's jumpers and
murders, relied upon to help the Tro-
jams replace the Cardinals as team
champions, may do some record busting
Of their own. The Trojan high-jump
ers, Van Osdel and Stewart, are capable
Of 8 feet 5 inches or better. The low
murders, Carls and Payne, have touched
record time and will be hard to beat.
California has a star in Capt. Al
Pogolotti. Yale's captain, Sid Kiesel-
horst, winner of the 220-yard low
hurdles for the past two years, is a
doubtful performer, having just re-
covered from an operation for APP
pendicitis.
The battle for team honors has two
distinct aspects, with Southern Cali
fornia and Stanford fighting for first
place, ard the remainder of the field
scrambling for third position. Penn
Sylvania, Cornell and Harvard will be
joined ny Michigan and California In
the second division struggle.
Michigan returns to the competition
for the first time since 1919. The
wolverines won the Big Ten track and
field championship last Saturday, but
have sent only six athletes to Cam
bridge. Michigan State also has half
dozen entries, with strength in the dis
lance running events.