Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01
TROJANS POINTING
FOR n. c. A. GAMES
Stanford Again Chief Rival,
but Midwest Will Figure
at Chicago Saturday.
BY WILLIAM WEEKES,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

@HICAGO, June Having
quelled the track and field
~ opposition in their own
section and in the East,
Southern CALIFORNIA; men of Troy
will try for national overlordShip
Saturday in the tenth renewal of
the National Collegiate Association
championship at Stage Field.
The bulk of the Trojan's COM
petition will be provided by STAN
ford, its neighbor, and the stars
of the Middle West. But it is not
likely that any one team can mus
ter enough power to take the title
from Coach Dean Cromwell's pow
erful squad.
Frank Wykoff appears to be a GER
tain bet in the 100-yard dash, although
he will have to beat E Idle Tolan of
Michigan again. In the I. c. A. A. A. A.
meet AT Philadelphia Saturday the
flyer barely beat the Michigan Negro,
and the latter may have his day Sat-
urday Other strong sprinters entered
are Medley Of Southwestern Oklahoma.
Swiet If Washington State. Glass of
Oklahoma A. and M, Klaner of
Kansas, and topping of Loyola, New
Orleans.
Vic Williams who won the quarter
mile for Southern California in world
record time Saturday, again will meet
Ben Eastman CT Stanford in rubber
race. Each has done DATA in
beating the other, and unless some one
else sneaks in. Saturdays race will
settle the question of supremacy. Dale
Let's of Chicago end Ed Russell of
Michigan, are the leading possibilities
from this section.
New Record Likely.
The half-mile runs should produce
record if Let's and Eastman meet.
Both have been close to l :54 this sea-
son and neither has been pushed to
the limit, The male appears to be a
strictly Midwestern affair. with Rod
LeaS Of Indiana, Ray Putnam of Iowa
State. Larry Kirk of Wisconsin. Jack
Walter Of Marquette, Glenn Dawson of
Oklahoma, and Let's. if he runs in
the event, as the contendcrs.
Clark Chamberlain of Michigan
State has tie best tWo-nile mark a
9:18.7, but he did no better than fourth
in 9:266 race at Philadelphia Satur-
has shown amazing improvement in
each successive start. has done 9:21.9,
and number Of other Midwestern stars
have beaten 9:25 this season.
In the hurdles Ernie PAYNE and Bill
Carls Of Southern California will have
to beat Lee Soptman of Illinois. and
Jack Keller of NOhio State. In the
highs Keller has done 0:14.3 and Sent
man 0:144 and Bob Hager Ct Iowa
nf
coast stars has done.
The lows should provide the battle,
with Payne, Carls. Seminar, Keller,
Fridley of Kansas and Huxley of
Kansas Aggies the leaders on the
basis Of previous Performance.
The IA feet Z inch by William
GRADER of Southern California Satur-
Tommy Warne Ct Northwestern and
Verne McDermont of Illinois, both of
whom have done around IS feet 10
inches, will give him competition.
Midwest Weight Men Strong.
Weight men from the Midwest will
cut in on the Stanford-Southern Cali
fornia combination in the shotput.
Hugh Rhea of Nebraska has a best
effort of 81 feet 2ls inches. and plenty
of 49 foot-pms marks and Sammy Behr
of Wisconsin, and Clarence Mum of
Minnesota are good for close to AZ
feet. Bob Hall Of Southern California
wen in the East Saturdav with 40 feet
~ inches. while the Crews and LabOrda
of Stanford were good for better than
40 feet.
Bob Jones, Laborde and Mcleod of
Stanford and N. Hall Ct Southern
California appear to dominate the
discus fi2ld, with Greg Kabat OF WIS
consin as the best Midwestern entrant.
Barber of Southern California, who
won in the East with 25 feet 8 , inches.
will have plenty OF trouble beating
Cobe Tomson and Don Gray of
Nebraska, both consistently better than
IS feet. and Ed Gordon, defending
champion, whose best leap this season
was IS feet 43s inches.
Kenneth Churchill of California, can
have the javelin title, his 22O-foot
habits being far out of the class of
the rest of the field.