The Washington times., 1936-04-25
Tendon Injury
Stops Peacock
In Relays
BY DAVIS J. WALSH
international NetDS SerDtce
Sports Editor

PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-Pro
vided the Coincide Francois feels
that there is no infringement OF
its copyright, the second and con.
GLIDING day Of the Pennsylvania
Relay Carnival will resume its pat
ter this afternoon, with some de.
gree of assurance that Jesse Owens,
the worlds greatest sprinter, and
"Chink" Wallender, Of Texas, will
finally have their showdown.
Meantime, it seemed impossible
that Eulace Peacock, the national
champion, would get anywhere. ex.
cept maybe upon one elbow upon
his bed Of pain at the university
hospital.
Eulace, the Octavus Roy Cohen
character, either pulled or didn't
pull a tendon yesterday while
vainly chasing Wallender into a
carnival record of al Ito as
anchor man of the Texas 440.
yard relay team. The element of
doubt was furnished by Eulace
himself.
Start is Doubtful
He declared that he would not
only anchor Temple University
in the 880-yard relay champion
ship against Owens and Wallen.
der this afternoon but would go
through with the special 100.
meters against the pair. But even
if he could he shouldn't. That is,
unless I'm wrong again and the
Olympic games at Berlin turn
out to be just another glittering
triviality.
AS it was, Peacock could barely
hobble in from 80 yards after max.
ing no noticeable impression upon
Wallender'S lead. However, Just
to add to the general blather
around here, the physician who
first examined Peacock said that
his injury was no more than q leg
cramp, and that it would work
out nicely overnight, but Lawson
Robertson, head Olympic coach,
says he'll bet $500 that the Negro
won't start again, and may not
for two months.
It was all of a piece with a con-
fuSing and complicated first day
in which the Buckeye sprint relay
team first could not be found and
Michigan State, the defending
champion, turned up Unexpectedly
elsewhere when the distance med
ley relay championship was called.
More than that, Maryland was the
defending champion in the sprint
medley and didn't appear, either.
However, this may have been
all for the best. Manhattan
seemed just too good in the dis
lance event, winning so easily
that one wondered whether Michi.
gan State could have repeated.
Later, there were lot of teams
that wished Ohio State had
stayed lost for the afternoon.
Quite . Performance
For when Owens finally did
show before his public, he gave
the thing quite a performance,
in company with Charley Beet
ham. the Big Ten Boyard cham.
pion. Starting his furlong in
seventh place in the sprint med
ley, Owens came all the way to
second-with the aid of some
beautiful hocus pocus with Beet
ham on the touch off.
Owens and Wallender are drawn
in the first heat of the special 100
today, with Harry Woodward, Of
Duke: j. S. Dalton, of Navy: Sam
Stollet. of Michigan, and GobbonS
You g, Of Washington College.
But with Peacock probably out of
the second heat. a shift seemed
indicated. The others in this heat
are Art Jannell, of Fordham: Art
Thomas. of Pittsburgh; Paul Pin.
gree, Of william and Mary: H. v.
Reeves, Of Texas, and Allen
TolmSch, Of Wayne University.
Wallender probably will be shifted
to this heat.