Evening star., 1936-03-16

a slipped up on the threshold
Of Olympic conquests four years ago, is
the outstanding choice of America S
foremost track coaches for interna-
tional honors in the Berlin games
this Summer.
''Metcalfe should breeze In this
time" says Robert (Dink) Templeton,
Stanford's outspoken coach, in pick
ing the runner who has captured
seven out Of eight available national
outdoor sprint titles in the last four
years, and explains:
1.-THE big Negro is coming along
without the strain Of college season,
Just as Eddie Tolan did in 1882. Met
calfe's powerful physique will carry
him through the grind and make
him this country's best bet to retain
sprint supremacy"
Owens Cinch in Broad Jump.
PUT what about Ohio States Jesse
49, Owens, who equalled the world
ioo-yard mark Of 9.4 and lowered the
220-yard record to 20.3 seconds in one
dazzling afternoon of unprecedented
performances last Spring, or Eulace
Peacock, Temples holder of national
broad jumping as well as 1o0-meter
honors?
Templeton doubts if Owens. less
rugged than Metcalfe, can Withstand
the pressure, especially on heavier
European tracks. He rates the Buck
eye bullet tops" in the broad Jump.
Other coaches, including Bernie Moore
Of Louisiana State and Dean Crom-
well of Southern California, bracket
Owens with Metcalfe for the Olympic
sprints. His own mentor, Larry Sny-
der, says:
owens will run the 100 meters,
200 meters and will broad Jump If
the final tryouts are arranged so that
he will not have to run too many
heats in the daShes. He will need
to broad Jump only on Friday to
clinch a place, if he is as good as
he was last year (when he leaped
to a world record of 26 feet 81
inches). That will enable him to
concentrate on the two dashes Satur-
day. The Olympic program is so
spread that he can compete easily in
the three events If he qualities and
he will qualify"
( MetcaIfe Dominant Figure.
IN ANY event it appears the Amer
ican Negro's dominance Of world
sprint championships, first asserted
in 1882 at Los Angeles. will continue.
Four years ago, diminutive, bespec-
tacled Eddie Tolan, graduate Of Mich
igan, scored an Olympic double" !"
beating Metcalfe by an eyelash in the
100 meters and capturing the 200
easily, with George Simpson Of Ohio
State second and Metcalfe, victim of
a bad start, running third. Tolan since
has turned professional.
Meanwhile Metcalfe, although over
shadowed by the record exploits of
Owens and Peacock last season, has
been dominant figure. His rangy
build and stride are considered a
sprinter's ideal by coaches. He won
the 200 meters title last year for the
fourth straight time. This Winter he
regained the indoor A. A. U. crown at
so meters, beating Peacock, Eddie
6iegel, the board track white hope"
and Ben Johnson, Columbia's dusky
flyer and 1885 indoor champion.
Anderson Is 'White Hope"
CALIFORNIA; George Anderson,
- I. G. "A. 100 meters champion,
Is rated by coaches the outstanding
"white hope" for Olympic purposes.
Siegel never has done much of the
boards. Frank Wykof, after a two
year lay-off, is attempting a come
back, but the world record-holder for
100 yards (94) hardly has a chance
to make the team this year, except
possibly for the sprint relay.
Brutus Hamilton, California coach
who agrees with Templeton that Met
calfe should be the "class Of the
Olympic field" has this to say about
his pupil, Anderson: "He had bril-
liant record for 19-year -old sopho-
more last year. He was undefeated
in % races in Europe. He is unusually
strong and will go after both 100
and 200 meters but his best race is
the longer distance. He should i'm
prove this year."
The South has two possibilities in
Herman Neugass, the Tulane star who
has been clocked in 9.4 for 100 yards,
and Bobby Packard, University of
Georgia freshman. Packard is a
Rreat DrOspect I'm the oririon of Tau
son Robertson, Pennsylvania and
Olympic head coach. Chick Wallen-
der. Texas star, and Foy Draper, di-
minutive Southern Californian, also
are prospects.
(Tomorrow-4O0 and 800 meters.)