Evening star., 1933-05-26
COACH UPSET OVER
+. EASTMAN, MILLER
Fears le-Distance Ace
and PoIe-VauIt Champ
May Not Score.
BY ALAN GOULD,


- AMBRIDGE, Mass, May
26.-Stanford's chances Of
~ justifying the position of
favorite in the track and
field battle for intercollegiate A.
A. A. A. championships, starting
with the qualifying trials today,
apparently hinged upon the abil-
ity of two disabled stars to come
through-Capt. Ben Eastman,
middle distance ace, and Bill
Miller, the Olympic pole vault
champion.
Despite the general conviction that
the Indians can recapture the team title
from Southern California and the best
the East has to offer without winning
performances by either Eastman or
Miller, R. L. (Dink) Templeton, STAN
ford coach, was pessimistic.
with ali our men in first-class shape,
I would not hesitate to pick our team
to win said Templeton today, but as
it stands now we will need every point
we can get. Eastman has had only one
race since the start of the season, and
I will be surprised If he qualified in
the 300 meters, the only event he will
enter Even If he qualified, I may be
forced to pull him out, rather than run
an unnecessary risk to his future.
Miller has bad ankle-fortunately not
the one on which he takes OF in the
pole vault-but it will slow him up and
make it tough for him to place in
field that includes the best vaulters in
the world" 1
TRIALS this afternoon in Harvard
i Stadium In IL of the Is champion
ship events, starting at l pm,
Eastern standard time), were expected
to give definite line on the relative
strength of Stanford and U S. c. Yale
was regarded the strongest of 80 East
ern entries, but the best the Els could
hope for was third place, barring some
spectacular upsets. Il
Use of the metric system of measure
rnent for track events, for the first time
In the 57-year history Of the meet, as
sured the establishment of flock of
new records, but also has aroused the
ire Of big majority Of the coaches. At
stormy meeting last night the Track
Coaches Association voted, "a to 3,
against meters and in favor of the old
yardage system.
Templeton, long q stormy petrol in.
track circles, charged the metric system
was ..railroaded' through the I. c. A..
A. A. A. as well as the National A. A. u,
which adopted the European standard
at its 1882 convention. The coaches de- /
cided to exert all possible pressure to
restore the old system of measurements. i
Among the stars upon whom Eastern |
enthusiasts pinned their hopes of keep l
Ing most of the individual honors at /
home was William r. (BilD Bonthron /
or Princeton. The Tiger star not only
was primed for a record breaking At \
tempt in the 1,500-meter run, which he .
Is capable OF doing in close to $50, but
he was favored to take Eastman's meas
ure in the 300 meters Bonthron win
have 20 minutes of rest between finals
Of these two events Saturday.
THE I, C. A. A. A. A. pole vault rec
L ord Of IA feet " inch, held by Bill
GRADER of Southern California,
seemed certain to be surpassed with
five competitors who have scared that
high or higher, including Graber, Miller
and Keith Brown, Yale ace. Brown
also was entered against such stars as
George Spitz Of N. Y. o., Duncan Nc
Naughton and Bob Van Osdel, both of
y. 8. c., in the high Jump.
Against crack field of Eastern
sprinters, the Vests chief hope was
Les Hables of Stanford. William and
Mary, the only Southern contender,
also entered sprint candidate, Henry
Little, but his best chance of scoring
was In the broad jump.
Stanford's quartet Of strong men
dominated the weight events. Nelson
Gray. Henri Laborde, Singer" Dunn
and John Lyman, in the discus and
shotput. were expected to collect 20 to
"a points. probably enough to put the
team title ION ice" for the Indians.