Evening star., 1936-03-25
BY ALAN GOULD.

nj track minded State of Cali
" fornia, which furnished the
u setting for the record-smash-
ing tenth Olympiad in 1882, will pro-
duce more talent for the American
athletic cast this year than any other
part of the country. in the opinion Of
our leading coaches.
A consensus slate of their Selec-
tions for the track and field team
that will wear the shield in the forth
coming Olympics at Berlin shows CAL
1fornia at the top of the list, with
II probable starters"
This is one more than either the
East or the Middle West figures to
contribute to the all-star Olympic
lineup. Each of these sections has
16 potential Olympians, in the iudg-
ment of the coaches. The South is
expected to contribute six, with one
each from the Southwest and Rocky
Mountain sectors.
"Pick" Nearly Whole Squad.
CONFINING selections to 20 of the
- % track and field events-all ex-
cept the 50,000-meter walk and two
relays-the coaches consensus ac-
counts for 81 out of 60 possible places.
They reached no decision on the prob
able third entry for the 10.000-meter
rum. the 3.000-meter steeplechase or
the discus throw.
Their slate, subject to revision by
the elaborate series of try-outs lead
ing up to the final tests scheduled
for Randalls Island stadium, New
York City, on July 10-1l, is based
upon the latest developments of the
indoor campaign as well as a general
size-up of prospects. Allowing a per-
centage of for accidents and upsets,
the selections in the Spring book"
figure to rate at least 80 per cent
correct in the final try-outs.
Coaches participating in the Associ-
ated Press consensus include E. C.
Billy Hayes, Indiana; Robert Dink)
Templeton, Stanford; Lawson Robert
son, Pennsylvania; Bernie Moore. Lou
1siana State: Dean Cromwell. South
ern California: Larry Snyder. Ohio,
and Brutus Hamilton, California.
Owens Is Triple Selection.
OHrO STATES Jesse Owens, al
lotted three places, and Ralph
Metcalf of Marquette and Eulace Pea
cock Of Temple. each with two, are
the only athletes figured for IRON
man roles In the following consensus
selections:
100 meters-Ralph Metealfe, Mar
quette: Jesse Owens. Ohio State, and
Eulace Peacock, Temple
2o0--Metealfe. Owens and George
Anderson, California. 81.
.400-Eddie OBrien, Syracuse; Jim
my Luvalle, U. C. L. A; Ray Ellin-
wood, Chicago.
800-Ben Eastman, San Francisco;
Charles Hornbostel, Evansville, Ind,
and Elroy Robinson. San Francisco.
1,500-Glenn Cunningham, Iowa
City; Gene Venzke, Pennsylvania, and
Joe Mangan, New York.
5,000-Norman Bright. San Fran
cisco; Frank Nordell. New York, and
lay sears, Butler, 1nQ.
1o,ooo-Tom Ottey. Philadelphia,
and Donald Lash, Indiana.
11o-meter hurdles Al Moreau,
Louisiana; Sam Allen, Oklahoma Bap-
tist, and Phil Cope, Southern Cali
fornia.
400-meter hurdles-Glenn Hardin.
Louisiana State; Tom Moore, Califor-
mia, and Oliver, Miami (Ohiop.
,3,000-meter steeplechase-Joe Nc
Cluskey, New York, and Harold Man
ming. Wichita. Kans.
Marathon-Leslie Pawson, Paw
tucket, R. l.; Johnny Kelley, Boston,
and Pat Dengis, Baltimore.
Field Events.
: Shotput-Jack Torrance, Baton
Rouge, La; John Lyman, ex-Stanford,
and Dmitri ZaitZ, Boston.
Discus-Gordon Dunn ex-Stanford,
and Ken Carpenter, Southern Cali
fornia.
Javelin-Charles Gongloff, Pitts
burgh; John Mottram, Stanford, and
Horace O'Dell, Manhattan
Hammer-Henry Dreyer, Rhode Is
land; Anton Kishon, Bates (Me) and
Chester Cruikshank, Colorado State.
High jump-Cornelius Johnson Los
Angeles: Ed Burke, Marquette, and
Walter Marty, Fresno (Calif).
Broad jump-Owens, Peacock, and
al Olson, Southern California.
Hop, step and jump-Three Louisi-
anans, picked from group, including
Romero, Wilkins, Brown and Bowman.
Pole vault-Keith Brown, Chicago;
Earl Meadows and William Seton,
Southern California.
Decathlon-Robert Clark, San Fran
cisco; Clyde Coffman, Kansas City.
and Jay Berwanger, Chicago.