Evening star., 1937-06-20
Good Gate for Fight Is Best Bet Southern California Mee

SCURtS 0 PU|N|S
TO RETAIN CROWN
Stanford Is Next With so.
Three N. c. A. A. Records
Are Shattered.
BY the Associated Press.
~ ERKELEY, Calf, June Ia
- University of Southern Cali
fornia successfully defended
- its team championship today
in the National Collegiate A. A. track
and field championships with = total
Of 81 points.
Stanford took second place with 50.
Ohio State finished with % points.
and Columbia with 2l Indiana and
Washington State College each scored
20 points.
Three meet records were smashed.
The powerful Trojan squad, uphold
ing the championship traditions OF
earlier Dean Cromwell coached teams.
took only two first places, but dis
played well balanced team.
Set Met R%cords
MEET records were established in
the half-mile by Johnny Wood.
ruff Of Pittsburgh the Emile run by
Gregory Rice of Notre Dame. and in
the pole vault by Bill Seton OF South.
ern California.
Woodruff, longlegged Negro, who
won the 1896 Olympic 800 meters
championship, charged into the Lead
at 200 yards and won as he pleased in
l:5o3. The old record was 500. set
| in 1888 by Charles Hornbostel OF
Indiana
Rice's 2-mile time of e:142 COM
| pared with the former record of
9:l6.7 set by Charles Shugert Of Miami
in 1882
Seton, already co-holder of the un-
| ofhcial worlds vault record. set a new
meet mark by clearing IA feet 87s
| inches. His teammate. Earle Meadows,
and George Varoff of Oregon. each
cleared IA feet "a inches, but Varoff
| received first place by making the
vault on his first try. The former
N. c. A. A. record was IA feet .. inch
set last year by Seton and Meadows.
Three Mishaps Occur.
THE meet, attracting $4,000 fans to
the finals, developed three casual
ties.
/ Allan Tolmich of Wayne University
/ spilled in the 220-yard low hurdles
when he appeared a certain winner.
Fritz Pollard. Negro high hurdler
from North Dakota, took tumble in
| the 120-yard event.
| Eulace Peacock, Temple University
| Negro, favored to take individual scor-
ing honors, was forced to withdraw
from the 1OO-yard dash and then the
broad jump because Of q cramped leg
muscle.
POINT sCoRNG-First place. 10
fourth. points; NTH. 2 points; sixth,
eonsin' % second MGh smith " Indiana: % third
nth Rosan. kentueEy; sixth. Alexander,
s'sate'a sac.Y.Kp T'me DAsH&won 4 aaS BY ssnk.,
Washington State, second, Malott. Stan
sssh. he Gso1ss afsss 4:ch ofS @ e Ss.an
College; sixth. McCurdy, Stanford. Time.
$3.50 feet: second second. z.it. "1s Boston Sf coilese.
| 52l1; third. Reynolds. Stanford. 51.1s;
t9GFh TsHa Wo1soI goSmn, Mfhs.n 1b S' RH,n in
o0,9%o,1. ,soeYARD n',Hii HIGH HykpLEs-wen b,
coiiese; ihiTd, stsley. Southern c.litornis
,Is ,smpsor he, nfsh. ossooa Mishs.n; sIass
ioo-YARD sSH pAsH"Won by by stolier. hr.
Michigan; second Johnson; Columbia
hd Snrs Dnn oafh k'sson Roone soas.rn % cs
fornia: NTH. Grieve, Illinois sixth Pack
arg ssoiYsRn Gi9,so TIps: RTSoWon oSI, by woodruff
Pittsburgh; second. Bush, Southern Cali
tornia: third; Beetham. OHIO State: fourth.
se sxS Bedon Kansas ssue Te.eRer
4; record aold mark ! sos. set Jun. y.
JAyELlN THRoW-Won by Todd. San
Es,I1 a9s IT, inches nah,e ss,e
eiUD ieurth, cues.sson, n, Maryl.nd' COZ i..t
g.. inches NTH sopsr soqthsIn cal
Dussi aso-YxRp VA e' DAsHMWon SSi b, Johnson
Columbia: second Weiershauser. Stanford;
Eedtord. iS; washington State: NTH. Elliott
Indiana; sixth. Mueller, Michigan State.
I'Bs: Bko.D ,y!niMr-won by King. Kansas
second. NuttnS; California; IS feet :
il. inches: fourth. Hubbard. Minnesota
"a feet on inches: fifth, Boone. Southern
asnSs siSdns :et - 81 feet 'nshihs hch.. sixth
DIsCUs.Won by Pete zasar. STAN
ford ford l5e feet. inches second; GrisbiI.
soeosfy Kansas ssa State. ,sa aehss n5s nes
teet 10 inches; NTH. Johnson: Idaho
.-MILE RUNEWon BY Rice. Notre
STATE FfsT DEsts nFS r5,s
c.lIiernis Time ats siss !ns. 'a' N. ys0lse.
:yo.YARD HURDLEs-won BY yick.ry.
biI9 second
!Emporia): fourth, Lemen: Purdue; NTH.
Berkeley. Ucla: sixth. Willis. Kentucky.
| Time O:23.3
HIGH JUMP-Won by Albritton, Ohio
State. e feet 7H inches; second. Cruster.
Colorado, 9 feet 81. inches: third.
| inches: fourth. Wakes Ohio State. g feet
AZ, inches: tie for fifth place between
| Vickery, Texas, and Burke; Marquette,
| feet 2s inches. winner cleared heisht
| on first Jump. Cruster on second and
Thurber on thirdl
! POLE vAULT-Won by Seton, Southern
| California. IA feet s7s inches: second,
vsrof1. Oregon, - feet "A inches; third,
Earle Meadows, Southern California. u
| feet 41s inches: fourth. Howe. Southern
California. I3 feet 10 inches; NTH. Haller.
Wisconsin. 13 feet 6 inches; sixth,
| Weichert Rice Institute. 13 feet 6 inches.
| lYaron cleared height on FIRST attempt
| Meadows on second Haller cleared height
| on earlier attempt than Weichert.)