The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-07-15
ARR-EASTMAN RACE
| 200 METERS WILL
! MOST COL0RFUL|
ppimo, Wykoff, Metcalfe and
Tolan Face Each Other
in Dashes
Tree HURDLERS ARE GOOD
o Lermond Hopes to Get Re-
venge on Gene venzye in
15OO-Meter

'alo Alto, Calf, July 15.-F)-1n
Santa Clara valley, where ath-
C speed and Drawn are listed
ong the prime products, America
lied the roll Friday or her greatest
ktalion of track and field warriors
the purpose of picking the Olym-
team.
Upon the outcome of these tryouts,
Sluding preliminaries Friday and
ais Saturday will depend the make
of shock troops which will carry
! nations shield into action in the
h Olympiad's classic events at Los
igeles two weeks hence.
Barring the distance events, ir
ich the u. S. admittedly is out
ssed. the final tests here, combined
h the 1892 national championships.
lure to produce an aggregation we'll
Tipped to meet the challenge of the
st of the track and field world.
The American forces will be based
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events on the program,
Most of the main arguments, in
ding the Bill Carr-Ben Eastman
81 in the 400 meters and the fight
at least a dozen sprint aces for
six coveted places in the dash
cup, will not be settled until Sat-
lay.
Critics Are Tangled Up
The extraordinary class of the field
almost every event has had critics
tangled up in arguments for days.
atering around such "naturals" as
Eastman-Carr affair. the sprint
airy among TOPPING, Wykoff, Met
life and Tolan, the challenge of
)0-meter runners to Gene Venzke,
e shotput duel between Brix and
xton, and the high hurdles test
hong Sailing. Beard and Keller, all
.,rld record -smashers.
Looking for possible upsets. dopes-
IS picked Leo Lermond as the run
r to watch in the 1900, if anybody
to upset Venzke.
The pair are club-mates as we'll as
en- rivals and Lermond Is just as
ger to gain revenge for the lickings
! took at Venzke's heels indoors as
Astman is to turn the tables on Carr,
e Pennsylvania Express.
Ralph Metcalfe, the flashy negro
srinter from Marquette university,
liking his first Olympic bid, will be
litched closely in his attempt to win
place in both the 100 and 200
|eter dashes. He is credited with
|attering world records in each. He
Ice a stiff assignment, however, try
Il to outfoot Wykoff, TOPPING, and
plan in the 100, besides tackling Hec
her, Bob Kiesel, and George Simp-
In, as we'll as Tolan and Wykoff
lain, in the 200.
Await Eastman Reaction
Eastman's first competitive reac-
pn to his only defeat of 1882 was
waited with eager interest, especial
by west coast observers, who had
|nsidered the Stanford star unbeat-
Bile.
big Ben passed up an almost GER
lin Olympic 8O0-meter triumph in
der to gain a return duel with Carr
nd concentrate on the 400. Eastern
Iitics figured Eastman again might
/ upset by the free-for-all method
running the 400 in the tryouts as
antrasted with the use Of lanes for
his event in the actual Olympics
mes.
The cream Of American college
Iilers was included in the 1500-meter
eld, among them Joe Mangan OF
ornell, Pen Hallowell of Harvard
lien Cunningham. of Kansas, Frank
towley of Manhattan, Henry Brock
Nth of Indiana. and Frank Nordell
New York university.
They faced none too bright an out
|ok, however, with Venzke and Ler.
|ond in the lists and only three
aces on the team available alto
ether.
Ralph. Hill, the Oregon collegiar
ho set an American outdoor mile
cord of 4.12 2/5 in 1880. was an out
,anding candidate in the 5,o00-meter