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Show World Track Records In Danger At Invitational Walsli, Theodoratu.s, Marty and Others To Strive For New World Marks World track and field records might be smashed in Provo Friday nnd Saturday when several ath-Irtos ath-Irtos whose feats have echoed Into nil parts of the globe will compele in special exhibitions as it feature of the "Y" Invitational meet. The special contests will not merely be exhibitions. They will i be in the nature of serious competition, com-petition, witn possible world records rec-ords as the ultimate goal. When Gordon Dunn, husky Stanford University star, Hugh Cannon, the Brigham Young phenom, and Bill Powers, Idaho all-around athlete, start throwing the discus, one of their throws may slip past the United States amateur record of Paul Jessup, Hi!) feet 8 7-8 inches. Dunn threw the platter 1U2 feet last year and Cannon got it out 160 feet n t Provo. Strive For Kecord A new shot put Is certainly I not out of the question. When the huge, hairy George Theodor-alus Theodor-alus of Washington State, is pushed push-ed by such talented performers as Dunn and John Kuck, 1928 Olympic champion, one of them is apt to lose the 16-pound ball. Jack Torrance of Louisiana State put the shot 55 feet 5 inches to sot a U. S. A. amateur record in 1.'H, but Theodoratus and Dunn have tossed it out about that far with regularity. Torrance's world mark 57 feet i inch, made in Norway Nor-way last year, is not impossible for Theodoratus, Dunn or Kuck to surpass. In practice, Kuck has even put. the 16-pound ball farther. In 1932 Kuck set a new world B-pound shot record at the "Y" relays. Another mark that quivers is 'lie world high jump record. The best man in the world today, Walter Marty, of Fresno State, will attempt to go higher than nis own record of 6 feet 9 1-8 inches. Kewell Rushforth of Utah, who leaped 6 feet 5, inches two weeks ago, will push Marty. History Hist-ory has never recorded the feat of a man that could surpass the mark of thtalented young man from FiY State. Spectators! at tlie WCT:nvitational will wit-1 ness another of his remarkable achievements. Juvi-flin Ace A very respectable mark may be chalked up in the javelin event in which Clarence Rowland of Fresno State, who has thrown the spear 222 feet this year, competes com-petes with Jack Thornley U. of U. who set a new conferenc record last year of over 197 feet, Elbert Campbell, Ronda Law and Proctor Proc-tor Bohman, B. Y. U. A nifty sprint race is in prospect. pros-pect. Coach Flint Hanner of Fresno State has predicted that Milton Holt will be the first man to run the 100-yard dash in 9 3-10 seconds. Howard Greenwell, U. of U. star, Bill Powers, Idaho, and John Green, outstanding U. S. C. freshman last year, will be pitted against Holt. ' Local fans will find a good deal of satisfaction in watching two great Brigham Young university hurdlers race against the best Fresno State has to offer. Beverly Dubser. Dubser has run the high hurdles in :14.9, the same mark made by Dale Schofield and Pete Wilson, the "Y" obstacle greats, who finished in the money in national na-tional meets last year. Half Mile Thrills The 880-yard contest is another anoth-er potential thriller for the home fans especially. LaMar and Men-nel Men-nel Taylor, the "Y" distance men from Mexico, who cut consistently and deeply under the two-minute mark are matched with Elroy Robinson, Fresno State, who finished fin-ished fourth in the national collegiate col-legiate 880 last year. Robinson will be matched in ' the mile against Ernest Barlow, U. of U., Rocky Mountain conference mile champion, Henry Tormey and Russell Rich and George Galloway, Gallo-way, two strong distance men from Utah state. Floyd Wilson will be out to leap 25 feet Saturday when he is competing with Clifford Warner, Warn-er, Utah State collegiate champion cham-pion jumper of last year. Wilson has jumped 24 feet 6 inches. A spectacular event will be the pole vault exhibition, with Corneals Corne-als Warmerdam, who has gone 14 feet already this year, contest- ing with George and Lee Gourley, two of the best in the Rocky Mountain conference. George Gourley has leaped well over 13 feet and is determined to give the Fresno State star the battle of his life. The world's greatest woman athlete, the dark-haired Stella Walsh, who holds dozens of records rec-ords all over the globe and is particularly good in the sprints, will give exhibitions both Friday and Saturday. She will run against Maxine Cramer and Selma Bates, Henager's College and Vera Con-der Con-der and Laura Banner, B. Y. U. An additional attraction will be her exhibition in javelin and discus dis-cus throwing. Miss Walsh has thrown the discus 128 feet and the javelin a little farther, although she is essentially a sprinter and likes the 200-meter race best of ' any event. j |