Evening star., 1936-03-24
BY ALAN GOULD.
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n yEW YORK, March 24-Passing
M the baton quickly as they near
the end of their aid to the
writer in doping" the Olym-
pics, Americas leading track coaches
foreSee continued supremacy for our
foot-racers in the 400 and 1000 meters
relays. but find no prospect among
Uncle Sans all-around athletes to
pick up the decathlon pace where
Earring Jim" Bausch left of in 1892.
Bausch crowned Americas track and
field triumphs at Los Angeles with a
marvelouSly versatile performance.
The well-built. good d-natured Kansan
developed all-around ability with sur
prlslng rapldity and reached his peak
in the Olympics. On the final day Of
the two-day decathlon competition.
"Jarring Jim" thrilled onlookers By
beating his foremost Finnish rival.
Akilles Jarvinen. at javelin throwing,
then pole vaulting over 13 feet. and
posting the world record breaking to-
tai of 8,46223 points.
Bausch Turns Crooner.
RAUSCH turned crooner and retired
from athletics soon afterward.
His record has been displaced by the
all-around performances of a German.
Hans Sievert. who was fifth in the
1882 Olympics. but two years later
achieved the new high mark of 8.790.46
points. Although overshadowed by
Bausch's feats four years ago. Ger
mans and Firms captured four Of the
first six places. They expect to have
the battle mostly to themselves in the
decathlon this Summer.
The leading three American pros
poets appear to be Robert Clark Of the
Olympic Club, San Francisco, national
champion for the past two years:
Clyde Co1man of Kansas City, sew
enth in the 1882 Olympic decathlon
and present national pentathlon title
holder. and John Jacob Gay) Ber-
wanger. Chicago's Flying Dutchman"
and all-American halfback.
CLARK lacks the weight and
strength to be great decathlon man."
writes Brutus Hamilton. California
coach, but he is remarkably con-
sistent and will go over 5000 points"
Relay Material Plentiful.
MATERIAL for the Olympic equiva-
N lent of the sprint and mile
relays should be plentiful. These ara
the only track events in which the
talent can be juggled to get the best
results, regardless of the final tryouts.
Generally the 400-meter team Is
picked from sprinters who failed to
qualify for either individual dash.
Assuming on this basis that the
coaches are correct in picking Ralph
Metcalfe. Jesse Owens. Eulace Pea
cock and George Anderson to qualify
for the individual sprints, relay pros
poets would include Ben johnson of
Columbia, Bobby Packard of Georgia.
Eddie Siegel of New York. Marty
Glickman of Syracuse and Foy Draper
of Southern California. Metcalfe and
Anderson, both strongly built, could
/ handle the baton. if considered essen
tial to protect American chances, after
finishing their solo chores
The overflow among quarter -milers
should be adequate for the 1,600-meter
relay. although coaches undoubtedly
will call on Eddie OBrien. Syracuse's
outstanding 4O0-meter contender. for
double duty Ben Eastman. If he
doesn't try to run both the 400 and
800 meter individual races, would be
useful with the baton too Jimmy
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of Chicago. John Mccarthy of South
ern California and John Wolff OF
Manhattan are others likely to qualify
for duty in one way or another at
Berlin.