Evening star., 1934-06-25
MISTAKES GALORE
/ CAUGHT BY LENS
One Champ UncroWned,
Five Finishes Rewritten by
|. c. "A Officials.
BY PAUL ZIMMERMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
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70 ANGELEO, JuI16 DO
The cameras eye and
electrical timing threat
- ened today to rout judges
and timers of intercollegiate
track events from the courses
and drive them into the stands
with the customers.
Definite indication of this was given
when officials of the N. c. A. A. cham
pionships last Saturday boldly rewrote
the finish of five of the eight run
ming events after a minute study OF
motion pictures of the races.
Although the eye of the camera was
relied upon over the human eye in a
general reawarding of places. the
manual timing was passed tentatively
as official, despite the fact it confiicted
with electrical clocking.
One champion was shorn OF his
crown and the team points were shift
eded materially, although Stanford's
victory was not altered. The !. c. A.
A. A. A. champions from Palo Alto ran
up a total of So points. The revisions
added to Southern CALIFORNIA; fig-
ures, giving the second-place Trojans
81 7-20. Louisiana State, 1888 cham
pion, lost in the shuf1e, but held
to third with 43.
May Take Away Record.
THE electrical motion picture tim
ing device probably deprived
Glenn Hardin, L. S. us great
quarter miller and hurdler, of world
record in the 220-yard low barriers.
1t clocked him in 23.16 seconds,
whereas the stop watches showed his
time as 22.7.
The award of places in the 120-yard
high hurdles, 100-yard dash. 220-yard
| 10 hurdles and 440-yard dash were
changed considerably.
George Fisher, Louisiana State, Sat-
urday was awarded the 120-yard high
barrier title and given the gold medal.
Some 10 hours later Sam Klopstock,
Stanford, was given oficial recogni-
ton as the winner.
The Louisiana timber-skipper was
shunted back to third place after the
officials had several good looks at the
pictures, with Amsden Oliver, Miami,
second. The camera said the time was
1853, as compared with the hand
timed marx OF l4.4.
There was no question OF Ralph
Metcalfes victory in the l00-yard
dash, but Hunter Russell. Illinois,
| originally listed third. was given a tie
for second, with Charles Parsons.
Southern California.
Pictures Help Sterling.
cTERLING DUPREE of Auburn
- profited by the picture inspection
In the furlong. He was moved from
sixth to fifth, and Ed Hall Of Kansas
dropped back one place to sixth. Like
wise, in the 220-yard low hurdles, w.
H. Randow, Texas. A. & M, placed
sixth by the judges, was given NTH
and Bacon dropped back to sixth.
The other change came in the
quarter mile. with Ed Ablowich,
Southern California, jumping from the
also-ran list into fifth place. Jimmy
LuValle, University of California at
Los Angeles, was dropped to seventh.
If the camera times are counted,
Hardin may suffer the loss Of what
would have been a new N. c. A. A.
record in the quarter. The clockers
caught it in A seconds fiat, but the
electric watch said 47.51.
A true picture of Bill Bonthron's
victory over Glenn Cunningham in
the mile was provided by the camera.
The Princeton star was clocked in 4
minute SO seconds, a new N. c. A. A.
record, while the Kansan crossed the
line in 4:1052. Gene Venzke, Penn
sylvania, was third in minutes 1923
seconds.