Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-30
FIGURE HIM TO WIN
TWO FIRST PLACES
Qualities SensationaIIy for
440 and Half in Iron
Man Effort.
BY ALAN GOULD,

r. in good measure to lanky,
/ bespectacled sophomore
named Ben Eastman, STAN
ford University today possessed an
Unexpectedly good chance to upset
barrel of dope and turn the
tables on Southern CALIFORNIA;
champions in the finals of the In
tercollegiate A. A. A. A. track and
field championships.
The Indians prospects of outscor.ng
the Trojans appeared scalped yesterday
when two Stanford stars, Capt. "Podge"
Smith in the hurdles and "Hec" Dyer
in the spirits, failed to overcome leg in
juries and did net qualify. Dyer was
the 220-yard winner a year ago and
scored 8 points altogether for his team,
while Smith was counted on to tally
over both the high and low sticks.
To help offset these breaks, "Dink"
Templeton, Stanford coach. called on
the elongated Eastman to double up"
in the two middle distance events. The
blond youngster responded with brace
of performances that stamped him, in
the opinion Of veteran critics, as the
greatest college runner at his distances
since the famous Ted Meredith. East
man breezed his 440 in o:48.3 and just
loped home in the $50 in 1888. He
races today, but perhaps to meanace
Meredith's mark of OATS in the quarter
that has stood since 1916.
The rest of the Stanford team, as IL
inspired by the loss CT their captain
and sprint ace, meanwhile outdid
themselves in series of fine perform
anceS that threw a decided scare into
the ranks of the erstwhile favorites.
Southern California. Stanfords hus-
places in the discus, three more in the
shotput. They collected total Of 16
places to Is for Southern California.
Coast Far in Front.
These two Far Western squads so
far outdistanced the best of the field
that it looked like a dual meet today.
Yale witt 7. Pennsylvania with 6. top
ped the Eastern group. which figured 10
wage a private fight for third place In
the point column.
Southern CALIFORNIA; failure to start
Frank Wykof in the 220-yard dash fig
ured as q factor that might cost the
TrojanS the title they won a year ago
at Cambridge, so close were the dope
sheet" calculations. Wykoff set a new
meet record CT e.6 seconds in the 100
yard finals yesterday. His duel in the
final today with Eddie Tolan, the Michi-
gan Negro, was a featured event.
Tolan was favored to win the 220,
with Dyer out of the running and
Wykoff kept out Of the furlong by his
coach, Dean Cromwell. because of the
latter's desire rot to have Flying Frank
"overdo"
The Trojans hoped their strength IN
the hurdles, where they qualified four
stars, would offset Stanford's 6omi-
mating position in the weights, also that
| the Trojan aces in the high jump and
/ pole vault-Jim Stewart and Bill
GRADER would contribute decisive
points.
Fifteen Finals Contested.
Eastman. Wykoff and Tolan shared
the qualifying days spotlight with Ken
Churchill of California. who tossed the
! javelin 2l0 feet inches; Lemoine
Boyle of Pennsylvania, who leaped TO
a new meet record in the broad jump,
25 feet Is inches; Bob Jones of STAN
ford, who tossed the discus 159 feet
! ran the half mile in l:55 and com.
bined this event with his defense Of
! the one-mile championship.
/ The results of the qualifying COM
petition: Stanford, 16: Southern Cali
fornia. 10; Yale, Z; Pennsylvania, 6:
Princeton, 5; Cornell and Syracuse, 4
each; Harvard, Georgetown, New York
University and Colgate, 3 each; Brown,
| Williams, Bowdoin, Michigan, C. G.
n. Y. and California, each; Dart
mouth, Boston College. Columbia,
Michigan State. William and Mary,
Rutgers and Colby, l each.
| Fifteen finals were listed, starting at
1890 pm, Eastern standard time.
Distribution Of Qualifiers.
! The distribution of qualiflers between
the two Far Western squads was as
! follows:
| Stanford-Four in discus, three in
| shotput, two each III 440-yard run and
broad jump; one each in javelin, 100
| yard dash, 880-yard run, 220-yard low
hurdles and 220-yard dash.
| Southern California-Two each in
440, 120yard high hurdles and 300
! yard low hurdles; one each in shot
| put, j&veIin, discus, 100-yard dash,
broad jump, 880-yard run and 22o-yard
| dash.
The complete distribution Of qualify
ing places by colleges: Stanford, Is;
Southern California, ID; Yale, T. Penn
SylVania, 6. Princeton, 5: Cornell and
! Syracuse, 4 each; Harvard Colgate, New
York University and Georgetown.
each; California. City College of New
York, Michigan, Bowdoin, Williams and
Brown, each; Dartmouth. Boston Col
lege, Columbia, Michigan State, William
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