Evening star., 1932-07-25
OS ANGELES, Calf, July 25.-
The main job that now faces
Lawson Robertson and his


Lawson Robertson and his
coaching staff is the matter Of
resting up his squad and then bringing
it to the peak again for the Olympic
showdown.
This isn't as simple as it looks, espe-
cially where 1t concerns our runners
from the 100 through the l 500 meters.
Every one still remembers what hap
pened to a strong looking team in Paris
in 1924 and to another strong looking
set of runners at Amsterdam in 1928.
One victory on each occasion from the
100 to the marathon.
Metcalfe, Tolan, Simpson, Carr and
Eastman make great combination for
the 100, 200 and 400 routes, but how
many figured that Wykoff, Tompkins
and Venzke would fail to qualify at
Palo Alto?
This Olympic field will have great
cast ready to take advantage of any
slip in form.
The most consoling United States fac
tor to date is this-Metcalfe not only
looks fresh and strong, but with his
unusual physical power he can handle
as much work as a horse. Tolan isn't
close to staleness, Carrs smoothness
calls for little strain and Eastman, after
a good rest. may be the Eastman OF
March, or at least close to that point.
This Is a strong combination up to
the longer routes where Genung and
Hallowell in the 800 meters may run
into rougher going, although both are
among the best competitors on the pro-
gram. Beyond that distance we will
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ton of the 3,0o0-meter steeplelchase,
where McCluskey should be in the thick
Of the scrap.
THE shadow Of the Nurmi case still
i hangs over the Olympic village
You hear one hour that Nurmi
hasn't a chance to be reinstated. and
an hour later you hear that he is sure
to run.
He will be almost sure thing to win
the 10000 meters and the marathon
If they let him in and the Firms are
preparing a battle to the last ditch to
get him through With Larva, Pllrje,
Lehtinen and Nurni. to mention only
few, Finland expects to control most
Of the long-distance highways. And
this cast will be hard to crowd back
over the more extended routes.
big events of the Olympic show. There
Is mixture of tangled politics involved
that no one can figure out this far in
advance. They will have to change the
present method of international voting
to bar him now, and this may be hard
to put across.
This will make Nurmi's fourth
Olympic start, If he is finally passed,
and when he is through he will have
enough Olympic crowns to fill freight
car. He Is final proof Of what form
means. He was supposed to be at the
crest in Paris in 1924, where he won
the 1.500 about as easily as he did the
10,000-meter run, but eight years later
over the longer tests. He has lost
something of his old 1.500 speed. but
at 10000 and the marathon he should
run the field ragged-if he gets a
chance.
THERE will be another spicy little
i argument to be settled later on
between Great Britain and Ire
land as to where North Ireland f1ts
into the show. This has only been
going on about 500 years or longer, so
you can figure the chance any Olympic
council has to render a satisfactory
verdict.
If it can settle this argument all re-
naming world problems should be
turned over to this same council, which
then should be able to sweep most Of
the cobwebs away in a singlel session.
There Is quite a bit more to an
Olympic festival than running races
swimming or hurting some weight.
WITH the opening parade Just q
w few days away, there are two
features worth recording.
One Is that the entry list will be the
largest ever known in Olympic history
the largest and quite possibly the
strongest.
The other Is that the seat sale will
break all past records.
The remarkable meet at Palo Alto
has given the games a new impetus and
the color, keenness and size Of the in
vading squads have been additional
cheering factors.
MO squad here is attracting more at
~ tention than the Japanese. They
have the largest delegation. numer-
ically, and they are pointing for almost
every sport. Their enthusiasm Is un-
limited.
) Tneg ezepect to make q strong bid