Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Pacific Coast in Lead ,
All Sections Offer
Marked Talent
Aces Brown of L. 5. u,
EweII Of Penn State
Vie in Same Tests
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, June 2.--N0W that
practically all the sea on's results
are in, there's every indication there
will be a whale of track meet out
at Stanford University June 21-22
when the best college athletes get
together for the National T.. A.
championships.
The home forces, judging by yes
terday's Pacific Coast Conference
meet, should have all the best of it..
Still if all the stars are on hand,
and if they perform as well as they
have been doing at home, there's
no section that should miss out
entirely on the scoring And at best,
they ought to turn in a series of
running, jumping and weight throw
ing featS that will make the fans
forget such things as the Olympic
games.
Taking only the more important
championship meets, here are some
things the boys have been doing
this spring:
100-yard dash-Six winning per-
formances of 95 to 98 seconds.
220-yard dash-Four under %
seconds.
440-yard dash-Three under 48
seconds, topped by yesterdays world
record-equilling 46.4 by CALIFORNIA;
Grover Klemmer.
Half mile-Four under 1:54
Mile-Three of AIS or better, in
a1lIIif,p y,nrfnpy,, that lib ol,r
would have been surpassed had the
winners been pushed. If Leibowitz
of Idaho, winner in 4:093 on the
West Coast; Kane of Indiana, 4:15.2
in the Big Ten championships, and
Mac Mitchell of N. Y. u, I. c. "A
winner in AIS, hook up, it should
be an even race all the way.
Two-Mile Field Weakest.
o-mile-The weakest event;
Wayne Tolliver's Oils in the Big
Ten meet was by far the best.
Mile relay-Five performances
under 800.
High hurdles-Five times from
141 by Tufts Ed Digger. to 148.
Low hurdles-Six of "a seconds
or better.
High jump-Oregon's Les Steers
jumped feet 9 inches to beat John
Wilson of Southern California by
an inch; Henry Coffman of Rice and
Dub Walters of Baylor did SIS.
and 6-67s. respectively, in the
Southwest Conference meet. The
ordinary collegiate ceiling is
around ga.
Pole vault-Three Coast leapers
tied at ID feet; five other sectional
winners have vaulted IS feet or bet
ter this spring.
Broad jump-Six meet winners
have cleared better than "a feet.
Shotput-Georgetown's Af*Blozis,
with a 54-foot 3-inch mark in the
I. C. A. A. A. A. meet is a few feet
ahead of the two other 50-footers.
Javelin-Bob Peoples of Southern
California outclasses the field,
reaching 231 feet l inch for a Coast
record. Four others have beaten
100 feet
Discus throW-Archie Harris of
Indiana, with 174 feet l inch for an
American record in the Big Ten
meet, hasn't any real competition.
West Coast Has Bulge.
Comparing the results of the major
meets. with only incomplete listings
available from the Southwest and
Southeastern Conference champion
ships, the tabulation comes out to
six best performances for the Pacific
Coast, three for the I. c. "A, two
each for the Big Ten and South
eastern and one for the Big Six.
There's a chance some of these bests
may be surpassed in the Central
collegiates next week end.
Individual standoutS are Billy
wood (Barney) Ewell of Penn State,
who compete in the same events.
In the Southeastern meet, Brown
won the 100 yards in 9.5, the 220
in POS, broad jumped "a feet 212
inches, placed in the high jump and
ran a 49-second quarter mile for his
relay team Ewell, winning three
I. C. "A titles for the second
straight year, turned in 9.6 and 20.7
for the sprints and 242& in the
broad jump. Missouri's Sol Schu-
mitzky has an edge over both in
jumping with "a feet inches in the
Big Six meet.
other best performances were a
1:51.7 half mile by Bill Dale OF
Washington State: 23.5 perform
ance in the low hurdles by Pitts
burgh's Harold Stickel and Cali
fornia's mile relays 3:137. The
Southern Conference champion
ships, the New England intercol-
legiates and the ivy league" hep
tagonal games didn't provide any
"bests," but they came near them in
several events.