Evening star., 1934-05-26
.BONTKRON CENTER
|. OF SNAPPY SHOW
Stanford, California, Yale
and Harvard Hot Rivals
for Team Title.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor,

AI14LAOCL1 I14A, Mdy IO.-
- Leaving behind them a
trail of upSetS and mis-
fortunes, churned up by
the rain and mud of the quail
flying competition on Franklin
Field, surviving stars of the
East and Far West were as
sured better conditions today
for the finals of the fifty-eighth
intercollegiate A. A. A. A. track
and field championships, fea-
turing four-cornered battle for
the team title forfeited by
Southern California.
Powerful blowers" dried out the
track and prospects frightened for a
series of brilliant individual duels, in
cluding Bill Bonthron's 1,500-meter
race with Gene Venzke of PennsyIYa-
mia and the Tiger stars bid for his
second straight double" in the 900.
Stanford and the University of Cali
fornia figured to run one-tWo again
for the Pacific Coast, but not without
a struggle from Yale and Harvard
Despite the failure of their crack
sophomore, Sam Klopstock, to qualify
in the 1l0-meter high hurdles, STAN
ford's seven-man team appeared to
have the foundation for victory laid
with l9 points in the bank thanks
to the brawny skill of specialists in
the shotput, discus and javelin.
Yale Disappointed.
"A COMEBACK by Klopstock in
ID
gether with fast work by Allan
Blackman in the 200 or 40 meter
races, or both, and place for Ben
Deacon in the pole vault would mean
10 or II more points for Stanford
Thirty points appeared a safe winning
margin and the Indians had the best
chance to collect them.
California's small band flashed
through the qualifying mud with such
show of strength that the Golden
Bears looked to have an excellent
chance to carry off 5 of the IS in
dividual titles, which would mean IS
points and real threat to Stanford
Yale suffered disappointment in the
hammer throw, where only one of her
stars, Hillman Holcomb, qualified.
Yale's hopes hinged on three pole
vaulters, headed by Keith Brown, and
a comeback by the two Eli low-hurd-
iers, Pierson and Dunbar, who were
hard pressed to qualify.
Harvard, although picking up 10
qualifying places and leading the en-
tire field yesterday, showed impressive
strength only in the discus, where
three Crimson stars. Healey, Millard
and Dean, trailed Singer" Dunn.
NNE defending champion, Capt.
~ Dick Hardy of Cornell, qualified
for the final in the 100-meter
dash only as the result of an official
reversal of the judges decision late
last night. while another title holder,
Henry Little of William and Mary,
was outdistanced in the broad jump.
Hardy originally was placed fourth
and eliminated in the first semi-final
heat. but motion pictures Of the fin
ish clearly showed he had edged out
George Weinstock of New York Uni
versity for the third qualifying posi-
ton. Referee Gustavus T. Kirby
thereupon reversed the judges verdict.
Cornell's casualties were heavy in
the hurdles. where only one of the
five Big Red entries, John Bennett,
survived the l10-meter trials.
A total of 81 colleges and universi-
ties qualified 80 athletes in IL events
yesterday, distributed as follows:
Harvard, 10; Stanford, 8; Yale, 2;
California and Princeton, each; New
York University, Cornell and Penn
sylvania. 5 each; Dartmouth and
Pittsburgh, each; William and Mary,
Manhattan, Bowdoin and Columbia.
each: Michigan State, Boston College.
Northeastern, Fordham and Maine,
each; Williams, Rhode Island, Swarth-
more, Syracuse, M. I. T, West Vir-
ginia, Holy Cross and Penn State,'
each