Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-20
WIN, LOSE OR
INAV BY FRANCIS STANN
What Would the Russkys Do?

ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, barring real hot war it
gets mite suspenseul about this time those who take
roofing interest in how the United States the
Oympics.
When these trials leading up Olympic tyouts are
staged-the NCAA and the upcoming AAU-some attrton
invariably is connected with them For example, Uncle Sam
won't have Dave Sine going for him in the
Australia and that's the Duke Flyers best distance
Sine pronounced SIM just happens to be the fastest
sprint fooracer in America if not the world if you
believe the checkers Three times he has tied the world
for 100 yards with the help talwind broken
the world records for both the 22Oyard dash the
hurdles
But when Slime broke down last week in the NCAA meet
with groin injury Mr.. Whiskers his sprinter
right out of everything he enter individual at
Melbourne except possibly the 100 And Slime still
in the Olympic tryous later this month be eligible
that much
1T is ALL PRETTY INVOLVED but the way the NCAA
and the AAU and the United States Olympic Committee
to work it is something like this:
The first six in the NCAA 100 for instance qualify
Olympic ryouts which will be held Angeles June
20 and 3d. The festival which be held this Friday
and Saturday at Bakersfield Calf poses similar conditions
Slime, who went into the NCAA meet with groin pains,
finished second in the 100 Thus automatically qualified
for the Olympic tyous In the 200 the injury popped
and the Flyer forced to drop Right spot
his COACH Red Lewis scratched him from this weeks AAU
meet.
Thus while Slime unquestionably is our best in the OO
900 600 meters and probably the low hurdles will only
shot in the oympcs When and he survives the ryouts
Silly? Well yes and no. perhaps
y
IN ONE SENSE it is something like asking Nashua to
qualify for stake CynicS suggest the promoters
risk bodily injury the starts to exploit them the other
hand there those who say is the only fair method Eab
lished star and unknown alike get equal chances.
may be recalled that in 1913 the acknowledged greatest
hurdler in the world Harrison Diard failed to qualify for
the Olympic team at his speciality mshap broke
precedented string victories flor Dard something like
SO or So straight
He still the best but there way of automati-
caly putting him on the team Even when billiard then
qualified 1OO-yard dash it felt that the United
States had suffered because the Negro stars cup
not running but hurdling
the 48 Oympcs was the one that told how the 100 was
the United States-by Hurdler Harrison billiard
STRANGE THINGS OFTEN happen in the olympics
More than banked the most have
not delivered whereas lesser performers have of with
gold medals The legendary Charlie Paddock for example
didn't win in the Oympcs. Nor did Lloyd Hahn Glenn
Cunningham.
Back in the 1920s Georgetown had fine athlete named
LeGendre whose aim the Olympic squad
broad jumper failed in the tryouts but undaunted
qualified for the decathon.
In Paris in 1924 LeGendre did not win the decathon
his distance for the running Jump part the
decathon Is feet nchesan Olympic record DeEIart
Hubbard Of the United States who the official broad
Jump cleared "only" "a feet, SIS inches.
Not being versed in matters behind the Iron Curtain
there here of relating how the Commies hold their
tyouS and they withhold their very best due to unforeseen
happenings guess would be that if they had SINE they'd
get him in shape and him in the marathon they
thought he might win a point.