Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-05-26 | Page 18 | Big Field in A. A. U.

BIG FIELD FIE I IN A. A A. A U U. UME ME MEE r STEEPLECHASE GIVEN CIVEN INITIAL TRIAL IN UTAH More Than a Hundred Will Compete in Final Track Event of Season By WENDELL AS MIlTON ASHTON ION I IThe The flower of Utah's track and field athletes await the starters starter's gun for forthe forthe forthe the final attraction of ot the season season- the thc first annual outdoor tain thin A. A A. A U U. meet at the University of 01 Utah stadium Saturday Tho The carnival carnival car car- will begin officially at p. p m. m with the hammer throw S More ore than thana a hundred athletes are arc marking time for tor the big event which ln In includes competition for both high school performers and college men Clinton Larson chairman of the thern rn meet et had ad Ie received 75 entries j es early Friday and expected that many more before the deadline at 10 a. a m. m S Sat Sat- t. t urda Honorary officials for tor the event will Include Governor Henry H. H Blood Secretary of State Milton H. H Welling Mayor Louis Marcus and Chief of Police Pollee W W. L. L Payne Chief Payne will vIll fire the gun un for the first race of the meet PRELIMS IN AFTERNOON Preliminaries for the sprints and h hurdles will tart start at po p. p m. m rather than thap in th the morning as previously sch scheduled Regular race events will commence at 2 p. p pm p.m. m. m All Allot of the races will be staged over over metric distances However in the meter lOO-meter race timers tim ers will be stationed at the yard marker as well as at the meter mark since sprinters are out to shatter shatter shat shat- ter the thc existing record of 98 over the yard lOD-yard distance Speaking of the sprints a great battle for honors is promised Nate Long former University of Utah star Herman Goldstein and Howard Gren Gren- well present Ute aces Herman Nelson Nel Nd- son of the Utah Aggles Grant Hutchinson Hutchinson Hutch Hutch- inson of B. B Y U. U and Maurice Williams Wil Wil- liams hams West's dusky state high school sprint king will fight it out FIRST STEEPLECHASE Another attraction will be the 1500 meter steeplechase race race the first to tobe tobe be held heId in Utah This event always held heidI In the Olympics is staged over approximately a a mile distance Run ners must hurdle several barriers in in- eluding a pool of w water tei- tei Aldo versatile Ute athlete and Lyndon Dudley B. B Y Us U.'s all all- around runner arc are favorites in this race Then there Is the he high S jump A great battle looms loom's in this event be be- weert Knewell University University sity of Utah's ace elect Captain Ed Brady of B. B Y U U. holder hoIder of the present pres pres- ent eat state stale record and Buck Grant former Utah athlete who holds the conference record Grant will be the bg attraction Inthe In Inthe inthe the hurdles He is one of the nations nation's best in the high hurdles out ut to for a a place on the thc Olympic team in a disputed finish last summer Ral- Ral elgh Judd Grantsville's high school I both hurdle events will also alo be watched CORBETT CORBE IN DISCUS George Corbett former B B. Y U U. luminary will attract most lao of the attention attention at attention in the discus throw Grosso of Price may file tile his entry o The latter Is reported to hurl the platter better than feet consistently Carl Simmons Sim mons of ot Utah Aggles conference champ will compete in iri this event Eddie Peterson of Provo high who I shattered prep marks right and left this year will strut his stuff as will Wally Morse Granite highs high's state Javelin champion And the show chow will continue presenting presenting pre pre- other other champions In an allstar allstar all aU star cast No medals Vill be presented but winners will ill receive gold-edged gold certificates certificates s. s b bearing aring the athletes athlete's name