Evening star., 1952-06-29
Series Of 1ryouts
This Week 10 Fill
102 Olympic Places
By the Associoted Press


Olympic team will be filled next
week in a final whirl of tryouts
to be held from coast to coast.
Male and female hopefuls will
compete in a variety of sports
two of which will wind up just
one day before the first plane
load of athletes takes off fol
Helsinki.
Here are the remaining trials
and the number Of places allotted
to each sport:
Decathlon, (0, Tuesday
Wednesday, Tulare. Calf.
Water polo QD, Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday. Astoria
Park, N. Y.
Mems diving co., Tuesday
Wednesday. Thursday, Astoria
Park.
Crew Races Start Thursday.
Rowing 800, Thursday. Friday
Saturday, Lake Quinsigamond
Worcester. Mass.
Women's track and field (10)
Friday, Harrisburg, Pa.
Mems swimming (22D. Friday
Saturday, Sunday, Flushing Mea'
dows, N Y.
Women's swimming and diving
CID. Friday. Saturday, Sunday
Indianapolis.
Out of this list. the United
States expects to come up with
another flock of gold medal win
ners, especially in the Decathlor
with Bob Matthias. the defending
Olympic champion, in rowing anC
in the mems and women's swim
ming and diving. This country has
been weak in the past in water
polo and women's track and field
and probably will be again.
In the Decathlon, Matthias, whit
won the 1948 gold medal when hi
was only II. figures to beat Boz
Richards, the pole vaulting whii
who was the National Decathlor
champ last year when Mathia.
didn't compete. The national titl'
and the three berths on the Olym.
pic squad will be at stake al
Tulare, which is Matthias home
town. Bill Albans, Floyd Simmons
and Bill Miller are the leading
candidates for the third place.
Three 1948 Olympic champions
head the field in the mems SWIM
ming and diving trials in New
York. Back for another crack are
Mai. Sammy Lee Of the Army,
Ihighboard diving titlist; Jim Nc
Lane of Yale. the 1,500-meter free
style defender. and Ensign Allen
Stack of the Navy Olympic squad,
l100-meter backstroke king.
Many TitIeh0lders.
In all, a total Of IS Olympic
National AAU and National Col
llegiate champions will be in there
splashing for a trip to Finland.
Six teams have been entered in
the water polo eliminations. They
include two from the New York
A. c., Portage Park of Chicago
Ell Segunda of California, Fuller
ton Hitter of California and the
Illinois A. c. The Olympic squad
of IL will include seven from the
winning team and four from the
other contenders. ..... e.
Navy's undefeated varsity ai1C
junior varsity eights and Ensigr
Jack Kelly, jr.. of Philadelphia
the former world sculling cham
pion now training at Annapolis
are expected to have a big say ir
the rowing trials.
Meets One New Opponent.
Rusty Callow's intercollegiate
Rowing Association winners viii
+! be meeting at Worcester the same
crews they have been beating al
year. The Buffalo West Sides viii
be the only new opponent. Th'
Nays Jayvee eight has been spill
into two boats, a four with cox
swain and a four without cox.
swain.
/ Kelly Is a standout in the single
sculls. All races will be contested
over 1000 meters (about IL
niles, the Olympic distance.
Ann Curtis, the 400-meter free
style queen. and Vickie braves
the petite double winner in tn
dives. who gave us our only in
!; dividual victories in the women
swimming in 1948, are not com
: peting this year.
j In women's track and field. tn
/ United States won only one goli
} medal in 1948 when Alice Coach
!. man captured the high Jump
!, This looks like another lean yeai
5 Especially with a reputedly pow
{ erful women's team from Russl
entered.