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Show AMATEUR ! CHATTER ' By Al Warden I.nvson Robertson, Olympic coach i for tho American team that will enter i:he Olympic games at Antwerp next jJuly, has named Creed Haymond, Og-!den Og-!den athk-tic star; Charley Paddock of the University of California, Williams iof Spokane. Scholtz of Missouri and Ta'yes of Illinoia as the probable I sprinters to make tho trip. Robertson jaiso named Clinion Larson Jind Alma ; Richards, both members or the Og-, I den Alhldtic association, as high jump-jers. jump-jers. i I Charley Paddock and Williams will jbe tho only men in America that will ;give Creed. Haymond trouble in the I sprints. Uoth Paddock and Williams (are stars, of the first order and the competition ai Pasadena next June j .should be keen. i ! Tn a irack meet at Los Angeles a I fed days agp Paddock won the century I in 10. seconds and covered tlip 2i'0-yar(l event-in 22 seconds. ' These marks arci good onos. and with' three of Anien-i ca's greatest stars in the western qualification meet, the world record 'of 211-5 seconds In-(he furlong should 'be shattered. I Robon M?.itin, the fourth meinbeJ of the Ogden A. A., will make thej ulympic leatu with base, according tol Raymond. Raymond stat-.d a few days sgo that Martin would give Chavle Pores of the New York A. C. the battle j of the year in (lie five-mile event. I Pores is at present the national cham- pion. i ! With 'weather conditions prevailing, j'.he East lo West high school four-mile J run will be staged at Salt Lake next j Friday. Coaches Romney and Chris-iionsen Chris-iionsen expect al lasl 150 runners to i.cntfr the fray from the various hign . schools oT thp stare. Kump of East high. Evereils of West high, Fifnk ot i West high. Smi h of L. ). S. and Keni ,of 6gdpn arc favorites for the initial ; position. .' I Track and field stars at, tho Uni-;croily Uni-;croily of Ul;h, Utah Aggies and B. Y. i U. are losing no time in gottiug in con-jdition. con-jdition. alihough tho weather man has 1 failed to greet too stars with sunshl- j Indoor work is on the card at the th ; institutions, i Loo Richards, O'Keefe, Mutton, , Kern and Griffon appear lo bo the j.v.veng men for track honors at the I Tiger lair. .Richards vrha the shir of ilie Ogden loam at the interscholastic J meet at Logan last year. j Coach .Malcolm Wa'son of Weber i normal academy will have his track and fiold stars out in force this week if weather conditions will permit. Watson expects to have a first-class aggregation in the field, i ) ..If the proposed meet between :the University of Utah, -Hie two' local hign schools and the Ogden A. A. is held in Ogden, "Ogdenites will have an op- norlunity of seeing one or the sensa-l tions of the high school meet of last year in ac;ion. Sayman Kerr, star distance dis-tance man of the "U." Is a wizard and should be able (o show a world ot class. The holding of tho meet In Ogden Og-den hinges on thd outcome of the plans of the new athletic park at Monroe Mon-roe and Twenty-ninth street. If the park is not completed the meet will be held in Salt Lake. ' oo |