Evening star., 1931-05-04
IN FAIR WAY TO WIN
TWO MAJOR TITLES
Cromwell Has Collection of
Stars for |. C. "A and
IntercoIIegiateS.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

| 0HICAGO, May 4 (C.P.A0.-
Il Having defeated Leland
~ Stanford, which is equiva-
lent to winning the Pacific
Coast championship, University
of Southern California will again
be the strong favorite to win the
1. c. "A. and national intercol-
legiate track and field champion
ships. Southern California's mar
gin of victory over Stanford was
small, SO to 81, so even in defeat
Dink Templeton must be credited
with another fine Job of coaching
on the Palo Alto farm.
Dean Cromwell will bring \ well bal
anced squad Of Trojans back East for the
two big meets in June. He will have
Wykoff for the 100 and 220 yard
daShes. williams in the 440, McGeagh
and Halstead in the $50 and HslStead
also may double in the mile. Payne
in the low hurdles, Hall in the weights
and Stewart in the high jump are his
other outstanding stars.
Eastman n Flash.
With that collection of stars the
Trojans should be able to win in the
I. G. A. and National, unless East
erners manage to split the events, in
which event Stanford may score well
enough TO creep into first position. The
Cardinals have a sensational runner in
Ben Eastman and 1t is unlikely any one
will flag that young Indian. Eastman
has been timed at 1:52.6 in the half
mile this Spring and Is improving right
along. He also has shown q lot OF
ability In the quarter.
Templeton has developed another nne
discus man in Bob Jones and, with
the Lima, Ohio, boy throwing the plate
better than 157 feet, the graduation Of
Eric Krenz, the worlds record holder.
will not be felt so keenly. II Sanford
is able to get Abe Hables into the
Eastern meets it may give Southern
California q hard battle for national
honors.
Wykoff, the Southern California
sprint star was in his best form against
Stanford and romped the century in
0:09:4, but was unable to show the
same speed in the 220 and that event
went to Hee Dyer, the Indian fash.
Dyer is probably the best 220 runner
who will appear in either the I. G. 4 A.
or the National and the East has
nothing to stop Wykof in the century
If the Trojan is in form.
heiler improves.
It appears that the seasons honors
in the l20-yard high hurdles will b.
won by Jack Keller, the Ohio state
sophomore. The young Buckeye, who
is lean as a match stick, has been i'm
proving with every test and in the Ohio
State relays Saturday travelled over the
high timbers in o:14:3. to best the old
world record, made by Earl Thompson
of Dartmouth in 1920. by one-tenth
a second. In winning Keller led Lee
Sentman. the Illinois star by yards.
Unfortunately, Keller's record will not
be off1cially sanctioned, since he ups-t
two Of the hurdles But his time is in
dtcative Of his real ability and the task
1t will be TO beat him
Ohio State also set a new wcrld rec
ord for the 4so-yard shuttle relay race,
besting its own record time. compiled
in 1929 The Buckeye quartst stepped
the race in 1865 and Keller ran the
anchor position to put Ohio we'll In
front of Michigan. Eddie Tolan, the
Michigan sprinter, finally hit his form
at Ohio and won the 100-yard dash in
0:09:6. If Tolan is at his best he may
give Wykod a tussle in the big June
meets, and he seems to be the only one
who possibly can halt the flying Trojan.