Evening star., 1942-05-30

Own Record in
Tossing Shot
Short Fastest AMONG
Quorter-MiIers in
Collegiate Meet
BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Georgetown, can't get into the Army
or Navy because his dimensions ex-
coed maximum specifications, but
his performance in the Seth annual
intercollegiate A. A. A. A. track and
field meet makes him a natural for
the Coast Guard.
The way he tossed the 16-pound
shot around Triborough Stadium
yesterday in the qualifying trials,
the big fellow is complete coastal
defense unit in himself.
Even in that capacity, however,
his size might continue to be a
drawback, considering the time and
effort needed to camouf1age him
adequately. So he'll settle for a de-
fense job awaiting him in Clifton,
N. j., plant.
BIozis Beats Own Record.
Blozis, trained down until only
240 pounds cling to his 6-foot, 6-inch
frame, heaved the 16-pound iron
ball 55 feet Az inches, smashing the
meet record of 81 feet inches he
set last year.
His was the only record of the
day as athletes from most of the
associations so schools went through
their PAGES in a series of II qualify
ing tests leading up to the finals
in Is events this afternoon.
Barney Ewell tied the meet stand
ard in the 100-yard dash by win
ming his trial heat in 9.6 seconds.
The Penn State speedSter turned
in the same time last year, equalling
the record set by Frank Wykoff OF
Southern California in 1881.
Ewell also led the broad lump
qualiflers with a mark of "a feet
GA inches, and stepped the 22O-yard
dash in 217, which qualified him
easily although it was a tenth of
a second slower than the time of
Charles Shaw of Cornell and Bill
Carter Of Pitt.
Would Make Meet History.
If Ewell sweeps his three pet
events today as he has in the past
two years, he will be the first IC-4A
athlete to score triple triple. Such
an achievement also would come
close to clinching the team title for
Penn State, the indoor champion.
Leslie MacMitchell of New York
University, third member of the
meets big three with Blozis and
Ewell, made only one appearance
yesterday, qualifying for the half
mile run, although he lost to Joe
Nowicki of Fordham, who nosed him
out in 1853
Like Ewell and Blozis, Mac
Mitchell will be closing out his var
sity competition this afternoon when
he defends his half-mile and mile
titles and runs the anchor lap in
the mile relay. A number of last
minute Withdrawals made qualify
ing trials in the relay unnecessary.
Blozis, unbeaten in the shot and
discuss, paced qualifiers in the lat
ter event with a throw of 16O feet
37s inches, and will attempt to score
a double for the third straight year
Edmund Styrna of New Hamp-
shire also topped the field in two
field events, with 179 feet 5l2 inches
in the javelin and 10 feet 10$s
inches in the hammer throw.
Hoya Fastest Quarter-M Miller.
Walter Hall of Tufts had the best
time among the 120-yard high
hurdle qualifiers with 14.7 and tied
Austin Kellam of Princeton in the
220-yard lows with 237.
Hugh Short of Georgetown was
fastest among the 440-yard dash
entrants, finishing in 48.5. more than
a second better than Colgate's fav-
ored AL Diebolt.
Darkhorse Yale led the way
through the preliminaries, qualify
ing II men, but failed to dim the
prospects of the co-favorites. Penn
State and defending champion
N. Y. U. Penn State qualified 1C
men and N. Y. U. six
Pittsburgh sent 10 into the finals
including Carter and Harold Stick
ell, who qualified for three events