Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-18 | Page 13 | Coach Believes Ben Eastman Can Crack 2 Marks

J i J Stanford rd Hope Hoe P PJ I J f J q A Ay AV V I y F N tz yys s BEN EASTMAN w w Stanford Hes He's only 19 years cars old and is a jangling gangling chap but still hes he's a a. wiry lad tad so Stanford is banking heavy on the hc track prowess of or Ben Eastman for forthe forthe the coming S season Mon Coach Believes Ben den Eastman Can Crag Crack 2 Marks By Russell J. J Newland Associated Press Correspondent PALO ALTO Cn Cal Feb IB To H-To To ToBen Ben Eastman a gangling bespectacled bespectacled youth of or 19 will fall the thc distinction dis dis- I dis-I this year 71 7 3 1 of ot enacting one of j he the greatest iron ironman iron ironman man stunts ever attempted in m the history of track and field athletics t kS Th The Stanford junior junior ju who startled 5 J the tr track lck world f last year by tying d. d the worlds world's record p. p for o the quarter mile and running the halt half in only a shade over record lime is being primed by Coach Conch Dink Templeton to todo jut Meredith do almost every thing except high jump and throw the weights in m the approaching outdoor campaign BIG ASSIGNMENT The sandy baked studious youngster young young- youngster ster is going to run the and yard distances and carry the baton one lap on Stanford's mile relay team Such a campaign promises to put himin him himin himin in fine fettle etUe for the Olympics Last year he ran the quarter mile in 47 10 seconds to tie the worlds world's record established by Ted Meredith The first half mile Ben ran in practice practice tice he was clocked In 1522 Templeton thinks Ben will be read ready this season reason to break the worlds world's records records rec rec- both at and yards And he thinks the youth will be one o of the big guns guns of the Olympics at Los Angeles AVERAGE YOUTH For his part Eastman neither is dubious nor overconfident He says hes he's just going to run He has no hobbies and admits hes he's not a pery personality personality per kid He is an average youth of good family and well be haved hayed He is majoring in economics Although he failed tailed to make a letter Ietter in baseball at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Coach Hank Crisp of Alabama Alabama Ala Ala- bama played a year pear of professional ball with only one hand r