Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-26
HALL GAINS Third
PLACE IN NATIONAL
IoungSter and Friend Drive
FIivver to A. A. U. Meet.
Indian New Champ.
BY TED VOSBURG.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

~ ITTSBURGH, August 26.-
- wilson Charles, sinewy
Oneida Indian, from Has
kell Institute, Lawrence,
Kans., is the newly crowned
champion of Americas all-around
track and field athletes, but he
has a young rival from way down
South who hopes to top them all
by the time of the Olympic
games in 1892.
Partly obscured by the dramatic I'm
1Sh in which Wilson came from behind
to beat out Big Jim Stewart for the title
in the final event yesterday was the
battle for third place between Harlow
Rotnert OF Stanford University and an
unheralded newcomer, Joe Hall, of the
University OF Florida, who is not yet 81.
IN little fiivver, with a couple of
vaulting poles strapped on the side, the
sturdy 1g0-pound Hall and a college.
mate, Forest Munger came all the way
from Florida at their own expense to
compete here. They came alone, with
out benefit of ballyhoo or bugles.
Skinny. Lad Shines.
But when the final returns Of the
decathlon came in just before shutdown,
after more than eight hours of running.
jumping, vaulting and throwing things,
i nan was third and his skinny side-kick,
est man in the field at 140 pounds,
Munger held his own through the
strong-arm events and pulled up to fifth
place when thy came to his speciality.
the pole vault, in which he turned in
the best performance of all.
In the last two events, the javelin
throw ana the 1,500-meter run, little
MIlnQoT To VRla It'll
Hall, although far behind Rothert in
the .javelin throw, beat him by enough
In the closing grind to trim him by the
slimmest OF margins, something less
than two points
Both Rothert, who represented the
Olympic Club Of San Francisco, and
Hall demonstrated in their first attempt
as decathlon performers that they have
| great possibilities.
Rothert was more or less of a known
quantity because Of his weight-throw-
! ing exploits as a member of the STAN
ford track team, but Hall took every
one by surprise.
One Man Team.
A senior next year at Florida, Hall
never competed in either track or foot
ball before going to college. Once his
ability was discovered by Coach Nash
Higgins, he became something of one
man track team, competing in seven
events in a meet with the University
! of Havana last season.
A real product of the South, Hall
was born in Alabama, went to school
in Georgia and lives now in Braden-
town, Fla," he said in his soft drawl.
His best event here was the 110-meter
hurdles, in which he led all the rest.
In the pole vault he cleared 10 feet
s inches, a foot better than he has been
in the habit of doing before, but Coach
Higgins, who met the boys here, found
himself wishing he could let Munger
do Halls vaulting for him. The little
fellows leap Of IL feet would have put
Joe into the thick of the battle be-
tween Charles and Stewart for first
place, battle that was won, incident
ally by Charles superior speed and
stamina in the closing 1,500-meter run.
Maybe one of these days can show
Joe how to get up there another foot
or So" remarked the little pole-vault
star THAT would make him about the
best all-around man In the business Z"
The boys are like that.