Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-07 | Page 16 | Backseat Driving

I I I I i iI PRANK FRANK K BAKER BAKER- I I Maurice Williams Utah's dusky sprinter is liki lik Oho Ohio States State's Jesse Owens in that his powerful finish finist i j jI t I I I makes him a winner The former West High school sensation starts slowly I I v Whatever progress he makes toward record performance will j depend chiefly upon the improvement he makes in starting 1 form I Redskin coaches have therefore spent considerable time drilling their ebony antelope on getting away from the mark i There is still much to be done however with the well built i freshman j I 1 1 In In last weeks week's dual dun meet against Brigham Young university university uni- uni j for or example Williams S was running third at the S I I Way half vay point in tI the e lOOt lOO- lOO S t yard ard dash yet et he be won von it going I w own way I t J I Dale Date Schofields Schofield's ld's superior starting speed put him out in front of Williams at 50 J ci- ci S i yards ards and Howard Grcen- Grcen GreenS Greenwell S well was second p. p i S That S didn't didn last c Sl J S setup t 1 long Jong i how however ver with Williams Wil- Wil f liams Iiams swinging into o full ii a J I stride with his lus powerful I U It I legs He was was tuned in in i Si- Si 4 i j S seconds for the full distance 5 I S against a retarding wind and j i S b lid took 56 seconds of that S J 1 covering the first 50 5 0 yards l Williams II I The big fellows fellow's power carried him to a commanding j lead of course at the halfway half point in the thc yard dash i I I S Iu this longer longcr race he was going at top speed at the S yard ard mark and was pulling a away vay from his opposition 5 The was clocked in seconds Williams to took k kI S I 1106 seconds on the first yards I i j S S I i In Eddie Tolan the former Salt Laker who won a double S N sprint triumph in the thc 1932 Olympics and Ralph Metcalfe the S j flashy star from Marquette university one has the ideal example exi ex- ex i S ample of oi the two extremes in sprinting ability j Tolan the flashy starter and Metcalfe Metcalf the powerful piece S 5 5 o of human mechanism which fairly burns up the last few yards J i 1 S J S Some Some- Someday meday day perhaps an individual will come along combining S nl al all of Tolan's ability to get away from the mark and Metcalfe's I drive at the finish to to set an almost unbelievable record j 0 S Williams like Owens of Ohio State Slate has has- had a tendency ten ten- 1 dency deicy to o run run- too run ba erect from front the takeoff t v Buckeye officials partially cured Owens Owens' fault by byr r S pi plating illg a number of graduated high jump juin standards on Olt the thc Irac track lS had had- to lo run TUt 11 under thc c bars bar for I he first 3 30 0 yards of the century and aud thereby learned to toS torun run that distance n. n In a crouch and It added materially S S i to 10 his speed a according to 10 his bis coaches S SI S i I Coaches Ike Armstrong and Vadal Peterson have i drilled Owens on his work in the first 20 to 30 yards ards hamI hammering ham ham- I mering for more and more speed until the Redskin flash has acquired the nickname of Moc Moe which is supposedly derived from rom the word More j S The big Redskin has a beautiful lift and once he hits 5 his full ull stride he runs with floating power that recalls Bill I Carr the thc great Pennsylvania runner His form is effortless I When it comes to relaxation Williams is unexcelled t by anybody on Rocky Mountain tracks Perhaps he 1 5 relaxes too much on the start Anyway there is no 1 great te tenseness that frequently tightens ens up many competitors com corn competitors at the start of important races He grinned one day as he philosophized about his hisS hist i t S S slow starting to Mentor Armstrong Coach he said when I get settled on my mark j. j I hate going its it's comfortable just to get get- so T- T 1 Fin Finishing shing Say when he runs the century he runs only 5 yards ards Theres There's none of this yard competition for him I He drives powerfully hard for the tape but when he hes he's s past the line he cuts off the thc power power immediately i I I Ij j S His being too pally with Dizzy Dean is given as one of the i reasons why the Cardinals sold Pat Malone It is difficult to un understand understand understand un- un what difference that made for Dean is no hand at all at night clubbing The paid by the thc Yankees is a much better I explanation An evening seldom passes that Joe Louis Louis- doesn't I take in ma a talking picture