Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-07-13
Whitfield Dark Horse
0f0Iympie Hopefu|s
Sailing Tomorrow
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, July 13.-Talk of a
big Army sergeant with a seem.
ingly endless store of endurance
Ohio States Nal whitfield
above all the confusion today as
more than 300 Of the United States
Olympic athletes went through fina.
processing for the trip to London
The major portion OF the Amer.
lean delegation-to consist of 34t
competitors and So officials-will sal
for England tomorrow aboard the
liner America.
AS they hurried through the rou.
tine of passports, medical exam.
nations and amateur oaths, dis
cussion in official quarters centereo
on the surprising Ohio State sopho.
more who scored double in the
Olympic track tryouts last week
end-in the 300 and 400 meter runs
He well could be the surprise OF
the Olympic Games" predicted vet.
eran Track Coach Dean Cromwell
There was speculation on how
the durable Whitfield might be en-
ployed Would coaches try him in
both the 400 and 80O-forcing him
to run seven taxing races in five
days? Or would he concentrate On
just one and perhaps the 1000
meter relay?
Group Includes 272 Athletes.
I'VE hadn't figured much on the
distance events until Whitfield came
along" Cromwell said. Now, l
say, the fellow who beats him will
win the 400 or the 800. He is great
runner"
Whitfield probably will concen-
trate on the 300 in which he ran
a 1866 in the Olympic tryouts at
Evanston, III.
Spirits were high as representa-
tives of II varied sports teams pre-
pared to take off for the first post
war Olmplcs, to be staged July 90
through August IA.
A total of 272 athletes and quota
of officials and chaperones will leave
ampton, England, July 81.
The fencing squads, both mems
and women's, and the yachting team
will sail a day later on the Queen
Elizabeth, arriving in England on
the same day. The mems swim
ming and water polo teams will go
over by air.
Already in England are the Army
equestrian and modern pentathlon
representatives.
The entire Olympic project is
expected to cost around half mil
lion dollars and the Executive Com
mittee announced this outlay has
not been fully underwritten.
The committee said it still needed
100000 but expressed hope the
deficit could be raised so that no
members would have to be left at
home.
Minor Baseball Gives $4,000.
George NJ Trautman, president Of
the National Association of Minor
Leagues, disclosed last night that
1.-THE baseball leagues had contributed
$4,000 to help pay the expenses.
The Olympic headquarters gave
this breakdown on the number 60
ing in each sport (athletes and Of
f1cials listed in that ORDER:
Soccer, 1873; boxing, 1914; canoe
ing. 80; basketball. 1913; equestrian
9-5; cycling, 1912: fencing, 20-4:
rowing, 31-6; field hockey, 1910;
gymnastics, 1875; modern pentath-
Ion, Al; mems swimming, 2l-3;
water polo, H.; women's track
11-2; women's swimming, 11-3; mems
track, $50; weight lifting. 1879;
wrestling, 1872; yachting, 1910, and
pistol-rif1e, 1872.
These allotments are subject tc
change, the Olympic headquarters
said. There are As women listed.
The makeup of the 400 and 1,60C
meter relay teams was announced
late yesterday by the track group.
The 400-meter relay lists Barney
EWell of Lancaster, Pa; Mel Patton
of Southern California. Harrison
billiard of Baldwin Wallace, Ed
Conwell of Jersey City. Cliff Bour-
land of Los Angeles A. c., Clyde
Scott of University of Arkansas, Bill
Porter of Northwestern and Lorenzo
Wright of Wayne.
The 1,6O0-meter relay lists Whit
field, Dave Bolen of Colorado
George Guida of Villanova, Art
Handren of Texas A. and M, Bob
Chambers of Southern California,
Roy Cochran of Los Angeles A. c..
Dick Ault of Missouri and Bour-
land.
Four men will be chosen from
each group to run in the relays.