Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-07 | Page 16 | Colorado Aggie Star Has Hopes of Making Olympic Track Squad

I Best Hammer Man in S n F Nj S S q q'S 1 9 1 k M.- M. I fl I II S I- I 5 r 5 7 j U S S ti- 9 4 w-r- w tf L. L w y S jAs 1 This pound star from Colorado State college will vIlI be virtually certain to win first place In the hammer May 1 21 2 and 25 when the conference track meet is held in Utah stadium He lie Is Chet Cruikshank shank slunk whose foot toss is 33 feet teet better than the the longest long throw on this side of the conference He Jle has also bettered feet In practice or practically equivalent to the year old Olympic record Colorado Aggie Star Has Hopes Of Making Olympic Track Squad By BILL BARTLESON S Special to The Telegram FORT COLLINS Colo Cob May 7 7 In In Chester Cruikshank star Colorado State college weight man the Rocky Mountain region may have havea a representative in the thc 1936 1936 Olympics at Berlin This blond is one of of the ic best hammer throwers In the thc countr country at nt present and with ayears n a nr a ae years year's e a rs further I U practice r should hould u be J w. w I able to easily make the United S States tat c s Olympic t team cam nm in his ape ape- ipe- ipe a j w His best throw this his year was ITS J 0 feet Ceet 10 Inches but but W. 11 he IB has done dona L fi feet Ceet N Neither e i t h er 0 of k- k f. f W these hese marks was I made in tIon The 1 g The Ft Collin al alace t. t ace ce set act the then pres- pres e C n t conference Hugh Cannon Curmon hammer record of feet 5 inches last year In his practice throws of or and feet Cruishank shank hank was flirting with Olympic performances for Dr Patrick the Irish star has won the Olympic hammer twice in ina ina a row rov with tosses of feet 4 inches in in 1928 and feet 11 ll U inches in 1932 The Olympic record Is feet 84 S1 Inches set b by Matt McGrath of the United States at Stockholm in 1912 Cruikshanks Cruikshank's activities are arc not limited solely to the hammer This Colorado Aggie Aggio strong man who starred In football for three years also holds the best eastern division marks in the discus and shot put I He has hurled the discus 1584 feet in competition and his best toss in practice is feet or four tour feet better than tho the record held by Hugh Cannon of or B. B Y U. U He has catapulted the shot 47 41 feet teet 6 inches He Hc has reached 9 48 in drills and this is inches better than the record held b by Beattie of Colorado State Cruikshank might readily establish establish lish new records In the hammer shot hot put and discus this year In addition to making making- a Il sure 15 points for his school In the Rocky Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tam tain conference c meet by taking firsts in these three events Cruikshank himself would be the thelast thelast thelast last person however to say he hc could ever earn a point for Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado State for he is extremely modest modest mod mod- est cst and unassuming Of all things this big burly athlete ath ath- l lete te Is Iser er very fond rond of pansies and daffodils daffodils daf dat- Cod Us for he Is majoring in horticulture horticulture horticulture horti horti- culture and will receive his degree this June He is one of the best students in his field and should make a wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- landscape gardener While at the World fair in 1933 and again in 1934 1034 Chester spent hours at the botanical gardens studying the various flowers shrubs and plants Cruikshank hails halls from irom Ault Colo Cobo a short abort distance from Ft Collins In the state hl high h school track meet four years ago he placed in the shot put put- hammer broad jump high jump and discus to tOI snare 17 points and high Individual individual indi lad vidual scoring scoring- honors He almost won the meet single h handed for Ault I Ii i S S P