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Bidding for Indiana's
Distance Crown,
BY BILL BONI,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

PHILADELPHIA. April 3o.-ln-
diana, kingpin Of the distance events
in last years Penn relay carnival, stood
IN grave danger Of being dethroned
completely by North Texas State
Teachers College today as the two
day track and field program went into
its final stage on the fast Franklin
Field oval.
The 1887 Hoosiers. with Don Lash
as their sparkplug, won the distance
medley and four-mile relay titles and
set records in both events. Already
they have lost the medley crown to the
boys from Denton, Tex, who set new
mark OF 1884, and those same lads
look their strongest threat in this
afternoons 4-mile race, one of seven
relay championships to be decided.
In the others Indiana defends the
half-mile title, Manhattan the mile
and Emile honors, Cornell the 4so-
yard shuttle hurdle title, North Texas
the class B mile title and Western
Teachers College of Michigan the
Teachers College mile title.
Blaine RideOut Stars.
Where Lash was the power that put
Indiana on the distance throne. Blaine
Rideout, the better half of the famous
twin combine, is the North Texas
handspring. In the mile anchor leg OF
yesterdays medley, Blaine neezed
home the winner by 10 yards in time
that was caught all the way from
4:09.6 to 4:10.6.
The latter was the official figure
and even that puts the bespectacled.
2l-year-old sophomore on the fringe
OF the charmed circle Of runners who
nave done the mile In 4:10 or better.
Coach Charles (Choc) Sportsman Is
confident his prize pupil will move
right into the circle before his college
career is over, and as evidence points
to the fact that Blaine has come down
from AIS to 4:l0 in this one season.
Supporting Blaine as the Texans 70
after Indiana and its world record Of
1851 are brother Wayne, who has
run the half-mile in l:54 and the 2.
mile IN 9:035; Henry Morgan. who
ran a second-place 4:18 to Blaine's
Alb in a dual meet with Oklahoma
A. and NJ. and Jack Sailing, who
turned In 423 at the Kansas relays.
Browns Miss in 440.
The two main things worrying
Sportsman are his own belief that
Indiana consistently turns out the
best distance runners in the country
and the fact that his Rideouts may be
tired after their winning effort yester.
day. But at least he already has had
satisfaction for the failure Of Elmer
and Delmer Brown in defense Of the
quarter-nile title. With Elmer not In
good shape, they were shut out in q
heat before Ben johnson led Columbia
to victory in 4l.6 seconds.
In the other relays on the opening
card, Pitt retained its sprint medley
title in record time Of 3:245. largely on
long John Woodruff's anchor $50, and
Seton Hall Of New Jersey and Over.
brook Of Philadelphia set new stand
ards in the prep school and high school
medleys respectively.
Meet records also were lowered In
the shot-put by National Champion
Francis Ryan of Columbia and in the
discus by Bill Faymonville Of Notre
Dame
Other Events Today.
Besides today's title relays, the final
program included Glenn Cunning
hams appearance In a special mile
against Gene Venzke and Ernie Fed.
croft. with Lash and Joe McCluskey as
possible starters, and a Lash -McClus.
key 3,000-meter duel
Also billed were an invitation 100
yard dash, bringing together johnson
and Herb Weast Of Columbia, Easton
Burlingame and Nicholas Kerr Of Yale
and Marty Glickman Of Syracuse, and
the pole vault, high and broad Jump,
hammer throw and javelin throw.