The Washington times., 1931-05-30
PENN PLACES
ONLYS|X IN
FINALS

PHILADELPHIA, May 3O.-The
embattled Trojans of Southern
California, tn cir pre-meet Su'
premacy crushed beneath the
power of Stanford's Indians, to-
day defended their I. c. A. A.
A. A track and field champion
ship of Franklin Field from an
attack that overnight had
changed from friendly rivalry to
throat cutting.
The threat of the East has
disappeared. Pennsylvania could
only squeeze six men into the
finals as a result of yesterdays
preliminaries-even Yale did bet
ter than that, placing seven.
And so if any team is to de-
throne the kings of yesteryear
it must be Stanford with it's Is
qualifiers against Southern Cali
fornia's 13.
AS a result partly of Stanford's
surprising field event power, even
beyond the most sanguinary
hopes of Coach Dink Temple
ton, and partly of the astound-
ing performances of a certain
Ben Eastman, m middle distance
runner de luxe. Stanford today
was prepared to argue it out
with the Trojan hosts on even
terms.
Yesterday, in leading the
Qualifying heats, Eastman
proved that a man could run
the quarter-mile in 1873 and
not even breathe fast, and
then this same beSpectacled
and slightly aenemic-IOoking
chap turned around to loaf q
half mile in 1883. Now he is
favOrite to score double vic
tory that would not only bring
lasting honor to himself but
10 precious points to his alma
mater.
If Stanford only had the ser.
vices Of Hec Dyer, who pulled
up lame and failed to qualify for
the 220-yard dash in defense OF
his title, and Capt. "Podge"
Smith in the hurdles, another
cripple, the outlook would be
roster.
Penn DisappOints
Southern California has its
first places, however. There
seems to be no stopping OF Frank
Wykoff, who yesterday lowered
the intercollegiate 100-yard dash
record a tenth Of a second to
:O9.6, and Bob Hall, shot putter'
and Bill Graber, pole vaulter, are
others that have way OF scor'
ing five points in any competl-
ton.
PENNSYLVANIA, if disappointing
as a threat against the Pacific
Coast, at least presented a record
breaker in the person OF Lemo1ne
Boyle who did 25 feet l Hs inches
to, lower the second record OF the
preliminary day by a quarter OF
an inch. Pennsylvania likewise
has strength in the running
events, centered in the persons
or Bill McKniff and Carl Coa1'
milers.
Rarely have such fields been
assembled as took their marks
today in the flat races from
the Quarter-mile to the two
mile. In the quarter in ad-
ditiOn to Eastman there was
Vic Williams, of Southern
California, the National A. A.
u. champion. And in the half
mile Eastman faces George
BulIwinkIe of the College OF
the City of New York and Dave
Cobb, the close cropped Harvard
runner.
The mile brings Bullwinkle, Nc
Kniff and Coan face to face with
Hallowell of Harvard, another
runner who has fine disregard
for 4:20. In the two-mile the
intercollegiate record of 9:22 set
by Jimmie Reid of Harvard
trembled beneath the flying feet
of Joe McCluskey of Fordham
and Clark Chamberlain Of Mich
igan State.
3 G. U. Runners Qualify
Bobby Jones, Stanford's 159"
foot discus thrower; Frank O'Con-
nor, Yale's hammer thrower;;
Kenneth Churchill, California
javelin thrower; Bill O'Connor,
Columbia's high Jump champion;
Eugene Record, Harvard hurdler
and Leslie Hables, Stanford fur
long star, round out. the list Of
men who make fine perform
ances an every day matter.
Georgetown University qualified
three of it's five entries for today's
finals. They were AL Kelly, in
the 100 yards; Chuck Carlin, In
the 220 yards, and Jim Kelly, in
the half mile. AL Kelly placed
second to Wykoff in the latter's
record-smashing run in the cen
tury.