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good yard in the 100 and by four feet
in the 200 Simpson, making a big
comeback four years after an accident
robbed him of a chance to make the
American 1928 Olympic team, rounded
out a complete new sprint team for
Uncle Sans forthcoming attempt to
win back international honors at Los
A soundly whipped and beaten for the
coveted places in the sprint struggle
were trio of California stars. Wykof
in the 100. Hec Dyer and Bob Kiesel in
the 200 as well as the South's pride.
Emmett TOPPING. In a blanket fin
ish of the 100 Wykoff was fourth. inches
ahead of TOPPING. In the 200 final
Kiesel, fading after a brilliant get
away, wound up fourth and Dyer fifth.
The concluding fireworks of the aft
ernoon were touched of In the pole
vault The California crowd went wild
as two native sons, Bill Graber of
Southern California and Bill Miller of
Stanford, both scared over the bar at
a world record height Of IA feet 81
inches before Graber supplied the
crowning touch with a marvellous vault
Of "A feet Az inches.
No less than vaulters cleared
better than 13 feet inches and 16
cleared 13 feet 4 inches.
Miller was the first to go over the bar
at the first record height. which sur
passed the world mark Of IA feet y
inch, set by Lee Barnes. another South
ern Californian, at Fresno, in 1928.
Graber. the favorite and famous for his
ability under pressure, came through to
share this height with his Stanford
rival. then soar to new height that
left Miller behind.
Splashed against the background of
superb achievement were such other
performances as Eddie Genungs 300
meter victory, by yard over Charles
Hornzostel of Indiana. in 1926; the
comeback of the Illinois A. c. veteran.
Morgan Taylor, to win place on his
third Olympic team by finishing third
to Glen Hardin of louisiana State and
Joe Hea,ey of the New York Athletic
Club in the 400-meter hurdles: and the
specta cular victory of Jack Keller, Ohio
State timber-topper over a crack field
Of rivals in the ll0meter high hurdles
In the world record equaNng time Of
14.4 seconds.
Keller. off like a streak, opened up
gap and broke the tape feet ahead
Of George Sailing OF Iowa, with Percy
Beard Of the New York Athletic Club
in the third qualifying position John
ny Morr1Ss, the Louisianan who had
featured in the high hurdle trials, found
the final pace too stiff and finished
fifth.
No particular challenge to foreign
distance stars was offered by the per-
formances OF the Americans in the
5000 and 10000 meter runs. although
Ralph Hill Of the Olympic Club. former
oregon miller and holder of the Ameri-
can outdoor record at that distance,
won the 5000 meters in 14:557, with
margin OF 130 yards over Paul Kekers
of the New York Athletic Club.
The high Jump, another all-day strug-
gle, wound up in triple tie which in
cluded the New York favorite, George
Spitz, and two Southern Californians,
Bob Van Osdel and Cornelius johnson.
a Los Angeles high school lad at feet
65s inches, surprising the olympic as
well as the national championship
record.
The surprises of the meet also in
cluded the failure of Bob Jones of
Stanford to place in the discus where
he wound up sixth, and the poor show
ing OF Lieut.. George Lermond of the
New York Athletic Club in the 5000
meter steeplechaseR Victory in this
spectacular event over the hurdles and
water jump went to the rugged Ford
ham runner. Joe McCluskey. who set
all his own pace and covered the route
In 9 minutes, 14.5 seconds, to better the
Olympic standard by more than sec
onds. Lermond was never a contender
and finished seventh.