Evening star., 1933-06-17
TRIUMPH PRESAGED
BY PREL|M|NAR|ES|
indiana Appears to Be Only
Threat-SchooIboy Stars
Decide Titles First.
~ WILLIAM WEEKES,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


~HICAGO, June 17.-South-
ern CALIFORNIA; Trojans
~ will array their track and
field talent against the
rest of the country in general,
and Indiana in particular, in their
quest for the National Collegiate
Athletic Association championship
under the floodlights at Soldier
Field tonight.
However, before Southern California
makes its bid to add the title to the
T. C. A. A. A. A. championship won at
Harvard two weeks ago, host OF stars
Of the future will have decided the ma
tional interscholastic championship sit
nation in the afternoon.
The Trojans yesterday moved men
into 10 places in the finals or semi
finals, and with certain strength in the
high lump from Duncan McNaughton
and Bob Van Osdel, and Bill Graber in
the pole vault, appeared to have enough
stuff to carry off the crown. Indiana,
however, had more than an outside
chance of upsetting their plans and
hopes.
q CHARLES HORNBOSTEL was set
~ for q place in the half-mie run
s and Ivan Fuqua, the other hall OF
The Hoosier iron man pair, qualified IN
efhe 800 and 44O ward runs. Noble Bid
&1inger yesterday led the hammer throw
hrs and Wesley Busbee ranked as GER
kainty for points in the discus. In ad-
xiition, Indiana has Cliff Watson, one
Spf the best two-milers in the Middle
west, and Steve Divich In the pole
vault.
-. Michigan, the Western Conference
Nitle holder, suffered stunning setback
yesterday when Willis Ward. its versa
ailc Negro. failed to qualify in the 100
Eard dash and the 120-yard high
hurdles. and just barely got into the
broad Jump finals. Louisiana State Col
Aege, which with the wolverines took
keven qualifying places, was very dark
horse, and with few breaks might
make of with the honou.
Unless plans are changed before the
big lights are turned on, the customers
WIN be treated to two fancy middle
distance races. Glenn Cunningham,
KANSAS great miller and half-miler,
qualified In the shorter run yesterday
md was considered certain starter in
The mile. The same was true OF Horn
bostel, the Indiana ace. Maj. John l..
Grtfith, Western Conference athletic
commissioner and director Of the meet,
figured that 4:10 mile was not out Of
the question, with CLANCY Stout Of
Tennessee and Ray Sears Of Butler to
help push Cunningham and HornboStel.
THE prep meet yesterday verified the
i suspicion that Jesse Owens, Negro
sprinter from East Technical High Of
Cleveland, already is good enough to
worry the best of the college dashmen.
Owens won his heat of the 100-yard
dash IN 81 seconds, two-tenths Of a
second faster than Ralph Metcalfe,
Marquette University's Negro flyer, was
forced to 60 to win his test. He also
turned in 22.1 seconds performance
in the 220-yard dash and in neither
race was he opened up.
Phil Cope of Classen High, Oklahoma
City, was the standout among the young
murders, winning his heats in the highs
and lows yesterday in style indicating
he should win the finals without
dificulty.
With Owens showing the way, the
cleveland school looked like q hot bet
for the championship, with North High
of Wichita, Kans., the other leading
threat. North High went into today &
meet fortified by victory in the 1-mile
9elay yesterday, In which its quartet
ret q new meet record of 3:26.3.
Cherokee Uowa) High won the other
Dnal run-of yesterday, taking the
b-mile relay on the strength Of a
brilliant anchor $50 yards by John
Graves, the favorite to win one Of the
kTo half mile races today.