Show Panthers Hold Edge in inState inState inState State Track Struggle I By fly WENDELL ASHTON If IC regional performances are arc any indication West highs high's Panthers willbe will willbe be c slight favorites to dethrone SpanIsh SpanIsh Span- Span Ish h Fork as state track and field cham- cham pion lon The Panthers after nosing out Tooele for the Region 2 honors Saturday Saturday Satur- Satur day ay appear strong in the short races and nd relay events The issue will vill be decIded in the annual state meet inthe inthe in inic the ic University of Utah stadium Satur Satur- da day ay The Panthers Panthers' clearly displayed that they icy will be strong cont contenders to reain regain regain re- re gain ain their state title won in 1929 Cy Patterson local edition of Eddie Tolan is expected to win the and races and Jack Fornwalt of West is conceded a fine chance of taking the event The Panthers' Panthers half half- mile relay team is favored and Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don Bates is expected to pick up a afew afew afew few points in the discus and shot DISTANCE BATTLE BITTLE Besides Tooele Provo and East are arc expected to be in the race for honors Tooele's two great distance distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance men Wiley and Eckman arc are going to make George Galloway of Uintah step to retain his title in the mile and mile half events Wiley WHey stepped off oCt a fast mile of in the regional meet Newell Call in the low hurdles pole vault and broad jump and ond Dick Melr and Burt Hurt in the weights arc are expected to keep East in the money TRIALS SATURDAY MORNING Other individual stars arc are Simmons Simmons Simmons Sim Sim- mons of Cyprus who holds the best marks in the shot and discus for this year George Gourley who has been flirting with the state pole vault record record record rec rec- ord for the past three years Bill Pendleton Pendleton Pen Pen- Granites Granite's around all-around field fieldman fieldman fieldman man and Wightman of who has stepped off orr the yard gallop gallop gallop gal gal- lop in Trials for tor the state stale meet will be beheld beheld beheld held Saturday morning and the meet will vIll get under underway way at 2 p. p m. m i |