Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-22 | Page 19 | Track Athletes Begin Record Onslaught

RAC K ATHLETES ATHLETE S B BEGIN E GIN RECORD REC ORD ONS ONSLAUGHT LAU 0 Huge Crowd i To Witness t Y Stars i Louisiana State to Defend 4 1933 Team Championship Individual Duels Loom I I By Bv PAUL rAUL IMER ZIMMERMAN S II Associated Press Sports Writer LOS ANGELES June 22 22 On On the hoot foot paths and md field of Memorial l coil coli- I coli-I Americas America's athletes t eum where wrote Vote rote Olympic history two years the potential stars of Uncle o Sans Sams Sa s 's 1936 in international tea team Friday sought to qualify fo for the national col col- j championships In the assortment of ot more than es representing 89 colleges and andT universities from all parts of the T I country were a dozen members of that Treat great tenth Olympiad team of the the United States state ready to take an active part in what promised to be a n wholesale destruction of N. N C. C A. A A. A with several worlds world's n in for good measure Not since the meet was inaugurated In Jn 1921 has euch a promising and representative representative rep rep- array of track and field talent been collected for tor this or any other college event and the chances were good that the team title would be taken south again by the great defending defending de de- fending Lou Louisiana State Slate squad brought here b by Coach Bernie Moore Coast Schools Strong Stron The question of oC how seriously Southern California or Stanford will object to the boys from the bayous cutting in on California's big athletic year yea will be partially decided Friday in lii the preliminaries o of all the field J events e but the hammer throw throwS high jump and pole vault and all races but the mile and two f r did Southern California's 1 chances hinge e on Fridays Friday's trial heats lince Trots Trays strength is concentrated In the sprints broad jump low hurdie hurdle hur hur- dle die and weight events Should Coach Dean Cromwell's star sprinters sprint sprint- ers ns rs lose out Friday then Stanford and Louisiana State will wm be left leIt to fi light fight ht Hi it out together I t Strangely Stanford I. I C. C A. A A. A AA A. A A. A champion and Louisiana State k sought the most of their points in the ume events The Tigers hoped to If collect heavily in the quarter high and low hurdles shot put dL discus us and javelin which also commanded the chief chic attention of Coach Cooch Robert RobertI I Dink squad Stanford however had on ace in the hole in Bud Deacon pole vaulter whose best aerial effort was vas 14 feet 2 inches this year There were no less than 19 runners headed by Glenn Hardin Hard in O Olympic games gaines star from Louisiana l siana State Al Blickman Stanford I I. I C. C t 4 A champion Jimm Jimmy Luvalle LU U. U C. C L. L A. A and ond others who have run under un un- un- un der Lder 49 seconds this year ear Hardin also topped a list of or 16 low hurdlers who have run the furlong o of barriers in better than 24 seconds while Sam Allen o of Oklahoma Baptist Bap Bap- led the list of 10 high timber toppers toppers toppers top top- pers who have exceeded 14 8 seconds for yards 3 Indication that Bill Bonthron Princeton's Princeton fast traveling tra middle distance distance dis tance runner will seek to aven avenge e himself him him- self elf lf against Glenn Cunningham here was given iven late last night when he was scratched from the half H He will concentrate on the mile but the Kan Kan- las sas flier mer will run in the mile half qualifying in race Frida Friday with th thc idea of ot becoming a double winn winner in this end nd the mile Saturday Great Duels Loom Cunnin Cunningham ham would like nothing better than to shoot at the worlds world's mile half mark after his mile Saturday but expects to be forced out to his mile pace of a w week kl lagO ao 20 in the longer race This despite the fact that Gene Pennsylvania Pennsyl Tania vania mi might ht make a last minute twitch and jump up to the two-mile two which his coach Lawson Robertson believes ieves he could win L t The it gre duels between outstanding ing In stars were expected to start thU thia afternoon witH witt- Jack Torrance L. L S. S U U. U giant and John Lyman Lymm Stanford Sl out to get their best throws early Torrance had done 55 feet 1 2 1 inches thi this year ear while Lyman has heaved i the tie shot slightly more than 54 feet which bieh is more than a loot foot better than I the recognized worlds world's record t Ralph Ch Chick ck coliseum supervisor I Promised the track would be faster than for the Olympic games while 1 Indications were for warm calm feather e A crowd of ot persons was for foL the I S expected With ith acting Governor Frank Merriam C Opening the meet The meet will willart tart art at p. p m. m Pacific standard I time