Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-07-01
SPRINT CHAMPS
RACE FEATURED
NATIONAL meet
G r e at Lakes Has
Strong Squad
At Meet

Chicago The cream OF the ath-
lctcs OF the United states has
gathered here Tor the 10th annual
national a A. L track and field
championship meet which began
as Soldiers Field Thursday after
noon.
A large number Of the athletes
present were members OF the 1892
United States Olympic team. There
Is also a large number OF collie
.e'ate and club runners. jumpers
and what have You
rhree-day Meet
The threc-day track and field
carnival opened Thursday after
noon with the national A. A. t.
junior meet Friday afternoon The
women Will hold their national A.
y. I. meet and the senior men ma
tiopai meet comes Friday night
The national decathlon. national
\. a. r. relay meet and the ma
tional a. a e. gymnastic meet
viii be held Saturday afternoon
The big feature OF the entire
meet will be the race between
Ralph Meicalfe Marquette Univer-
sity. and Jesse Owens. East Tech
High school Cleveland. for the
/ sprint championship Of the year.
AZ the recent National Collegiate
A. A. meet. Metcalfe ran IN huns
Ord yards in "a seconds 10 equat-
the accepted world record made Ny
Frank Wykoff at the same meet in
1881
Jesse Owens. running I'm the Na-
tioanl Interscholastic meet, sprung
a surprise on track followers when
he fled down the cinder path III
Y" "a seconds for the hundred
In. smashing all prep records.
:, A great 400 meter race is expect
ed between Jimmy LauvalIe. Unf.
% versity OF California at Los Ange-.
les. winner OF the Collegiate A. a.,
meet; Ivan Fuqua. Western COM.
!. ference Guarter-mile champion.'
Glen Hardin. winner OF the Ma
tional Collegiate run. and John--
Lewis, Great Lakes Mutual ana
former 300 yard champion while afr
Detroit City College .w
Beatty Entered 49,
Eugene Beatty. Michigan State
Normal will have a chance Friday
night To settle an old score with
Glen Hardin, Louisiana State IInL-
yersity, and winner of the 400 yard
sprint and 900 low hurdles at the
recent National Collegiate meet r.
Hardin displaced Beatty on the
1892 Olympic team when Beatty
leading In the 400 meter hurdles,
stumbled and fell. Hardin sweep
ing on by 10 win the Olympic trial
race and Beatty losing an Olympic
berth
Cornelius Johnson. the Calfor-
MIA high school high jump sem
sation. who recently broke Willis
Wards interscholastic record by
leapng 6 feet 6 IL inches win
meet stiff competition i'm George
Spitz. New York University. Wal
ter Marty another California, How
ard Spencer. the Geneva College
ace. Eric McNaughton. the Cana
dian who won the Olympic titlese
I and Albert King. Great Lakes Mu-
I tual A. A. and Detroit interschol-
astic champion.
McNaughtop is the only CONF.
petitor listed TO appear who sur
passed Johnson In the Olympic
trials last year. Johnson was the
only high school athlete competf.
/ ing on the Olympic team. King
outjumped George Spite, world re.
cord holder. and Howard Spencer,
although he failed to win q berth.
The Great Lakes Mutual A. A.. a
new Detroit organization. has nine
men entered in the meet. John
Lewis. former Detroit City College
captain. is captain OF the outfit
which includes John Rucker, jun
Tor high jump; Ennis Stafford,
junior and senior hop step and
lump: Marvin White. junior 1905
meter hurdles: Herbert Thompson.
/ Junior 100-meter run; William
Bryant. 200-meter run; Lawrence
Jefferies. junior S00-meter runs
Telford Duncan. junior 1iO-meter
hurdles. and Albert King, junior
and senior high jump.
John Mullins, Western State
Teachers College. Monroe Walton,
Michigan state Normal. and LEROY
Dues. Detroit City College, are
some of the Michigan athletes who
will compete.
Willis Ward. University OF
Michigan's one-man track team. IL
not entered in the meet. Ward "a
working at the Ford River Rouge
plant. and has had enough running
and jumping for the year. 81,