The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-01
Records Will Have Tough Time Surviving as Great
Crop Of Collegiate Stars Launch Outdoor Season
jeffrey Favored
To Retain Honors
In Sprint Field

Get cat soar ssnp..sseh sna
tape measure. We've fz<<n rheti<i
eat Il ths olympic xamss net
great cfop nf track ard field r<f~
formers are Fezsss = sake thInxs
mighty interesting On ths hesn<
front a. the cutdeer s<ssun kste
under way.
The tIp-eff ~ what - expect
came early this year when ceanis
wsrmersian poie vsuised 10 feet
and The Stamford mile relay team
broke tie tape n ssie.a. both asw
world msrks
rhe annual nlg Ten and Pacific
Coast Conference aeets. Nay ~
-: the National Collegiate ezral-
val. June et.ss. ana the Nsslonsl
A. A. U. meet . week later will
- tho more important scenes ~
operation.
Outstanding IN The spFints Il
Clyde Jeffrey. the STANDARD sx.
pres. who q sheFt whlls sGn
sguAled the world mark ef ~ fnf
the 100. and VIM n tho N. c. A.
defending 30 champion
Ills closest competition h likely
10 come from barney Eweii. Penn
state Negro sophomore. vim po<si-
bly, In the fastest man away from
his mark In the country.
woLCoTT FAVORED Eo9
THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR
A half dnsen fisrs with tT-fist
In tho go. which boasts the fsne<s
field ~ ell.
warren nreidenhsch. MlchI.
Eanss Western Conference outdoor
champion. Roy Cochran. Indiana.
indoor ruler who set . new worid
indoor mark IL AS tina past win-
ter: Jim Herbert. ", Y. u.s great
Negro acc. Charley Shaw az stsn.
ford and Howard uptnn of South
srn California are the brighter
lights.
A couple of sophomorss~c Camp.
bell Kane ~ Indiana and ~ iuF-
rowes 81 Princeton are the most
promising hsif-miie prospects
turned up In years. both should
hit close 20 loo. with Long John
Woodruff graduated from PIT. :
new collegiate champion win b
crowned.
Lou zamperini of Southern Call.
fornia and Sophomore Leslie Mac.
Mitchell Of ~ Y. y. are ready "a
tack up . 4:0s mile.
Ralph sehwartxkopf ~ Miohi'
gan and Dixie Garner Of wash.
ington state are the best Of ths
college two-mile contsndefs, both
capable Of eso5 or better.
Fred wolcott. mercuriai blond
Of Rice Institute. is off BY himself
In the hurdles should make
his third straight grand slam IN
the National coilegiatssl Roy
Cochran Of Indiana should press
him IN the lows Marsh Farmer
Of Texas Tech figures 10 extend
him IN the highs.
sfs0T-rUT MARK N
At BLOzfs MERCY
Anton pcrInn ~ pfinoston and
Billy Brown of Louisiana stats
should lead ths pack with 2s-foot
broad. jumps.
Don Boydston q Oklahoma a.
a ~ takes tho spotlight In the
hiEh-jump ~tth e-1o potsntlalltles.
There's no ons IN sight IN the
collegiate field 10 approach Warm
srsism's ib-foos effoFt IN The pols
vault but u Ken Dilis ~ y. \. G.
gets rid II hack allmsnt he'll nit
1915.
Islg Al Bloxls ~ Georgetown has
tha Hhot.pnt field 10 himself i.
practically IL certain 10 crack
Jack Touanos's worid marx n
81 feet Inch.
Archie Harris ~ Indiana and
Willard White ~ Tulane hun the
discus 100 feet. which u b<los thu
top performances u the past few
years
Bob Peoples ~ u O. G. and
Boyd Brown a. Oregon are ear
marked for torrid composition ln
the jsyeiin IN thu 75o-fogt
eissa
Tbst composites ths list u IA
yoritss. bat not = season gees ~
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