Show Jackie Hated i Heal Olympic Threat i I Followers of t- t Utah athletics t c are pleased leased at the tidings that Jackie Burton Huron Bur Hur ton on former University o of Utah and Davis count county high school chool track star is s making a 1 strong bid for an Olympic victory this sum men mer Burton has been l I 1 raining with the thes Los s Angeles Athletic Ath iH letic club and t. ap appears appears ap- ap g pears to be a n serious senus sen sen- seri seri- t ous us dark horse 1 7 threat in the t.- t. meter run according accord accord- fJ A in ing ng to to word from rom 5 the ic coast and also from rom A. A A. A U. U officials cia Is in the middle g west vest who have i. I seen een the former Utahn in action Jackie Burton Durton According to Daniel Ferris selector of f tho official America all track teams I each ach year rear Burton has a great chance to o furnish one of tracks track's greatest surprises surprises sur sur- in the meter affair in July The half mile has always been Burtons Buron's Burtons Burton's Bur Bur- tons ton's outstanding race and he was Iso also an ace in the yard event throughout high school and college in Utah NATIONAL HONORS Jackie brought national recognition to o Utah high schools in 1925 when he hewon hewon won von the yard run against the best prep performers in the land From 1926 fi 1 1928 inclusive Burton was a mainstay of or the University of Utah track rack team being invincible in his two wo specialties against the best competition competition com petition that the Rocky Mountain conference had to offer I I Olympic Selector Likes Work of Utahn Special to The Telegram DETROIT Mich March 3 A 3 A fleet fleet- footed Utah athlete today looms as asa asa asa a probable winner o of the Olympic I OO 00 meter chamin cham- cham 10 in the thel l r pinion of Daniel crris erris secretary secretary- of the naf na na- I. I tonal A. A A. A U. U and 4 f selector of the official all America track r teams Jackie Burton the Utah half half- miler was herald I iid ed d today as one of ol the fastest athletes the he country has to LEer Her to repel the threats of foreigners foreign ers in the tenth Olympiad Eastman which gets ets under underway underway underway way in Los Angeles the end of Jul July Burton is regarded as a successor to Douglas G G. A. A Lowe who captured the meter crown in 1928 in 5 4 displacing the former Olympic standard stand ard of 1519 1 In winning the title he defeated Buhlen of Sweden Seden Engelhard Engelhard Engel Engel- hard of Germ Germany tny Edwards of Canada Canada Can Can- ada Lloyd Hahn of the United States State and Martin o of France who finished finish d in that order Older When the starters starter's gun calls caUs the surviving candidates to their marks In the final Olympic trials for lor places 1 I on n the h Star Spangled a g Banners Banner's e meter team Ferris believes that racing rac rae racing ing with Burton will be Edwin Genung Genung Ge Ge- nung of the Washington A. A C. C Seattle Ben Eastman the bespectacled Stanford Stanford Stan Stan- ford Cal runner Dale Letts of the Illinois A A. C C. D. D Cobb o of Harvard university and Otto Rosner the former for for- Imer mer Princeton athlete now attached to the New York A. A C. C SPEEDY FOREIGNERS When he finally finall meets the international competition n in his quest for fame Burton will have a hard road to travel for the outstanding foreign runners have turned in exceptional times this past year I Leading the group is Dr Otto Pelt Pelt- zer zer of Germany whose 5 1 per per- mance fol-mance stands out Ladislas Bars Barsi of Hungary who is in the United States now in an attempt to become accustomed to the climate has been timed in 5 1532 5 2 and two others others- Beccali of Italy and Lefevre others others-I of Germany Ger Ger- many many have have each bettered 1 54 |