Show f S PRANK K BAKER BAKER- Although he threw the hammer farther in the Rocky Mountain meet here a couple of weeks ago than the winner win win- ncr ner did in the intercollegiate A 4 event at Cambridge Mass a week later Chet Cruikshank of Colorado will not get to compete in the national collegiate classic r June 22 21 in Berkeley Cal Cruikshank is one of the best hammer throwers in the whole country He undoubtedly will be a strong contender for Uncle Sams Sam's Olympic team next summer In fact only a handful of men linen have ever thrown the pound 16 ball farther than Cruikshank shank has tossed it in practice Despite all these qualifications Cruikshank will not get a crack at national renown in the Berkeley classic He is ineligible having already had three years of official competition in collegiate colic colle circles If Cruikshank had entered school four years cars later he hc would be bc spared his lils present disappointment The Thc new freshman fresh fresh- ni m man n rule prohibiting freshman competition in all nil sports as has been the thc custom in football will keep other Rocky Mountain Moun Moun- tain thin stars from sharing Cruikshanks Cruikshank's current regrets I The wisdom of the new rule is clearly obvious The national permit an individual only three years of competition in keeping with the rule in nearly every conference requiring the athlete to wait vait until his sophomore mor more year before re becoming eligible fc for r the varsity This means that the student has a year in which to adjust himself to college life a year in which to grow and prepare himself for college competition Because the R. R I I. C. C had no freshman rule except in football football football foot foot- ball Cruikshank went vent out for the track team during his first year in college Who Vho could keep a prospective on the sidelines any ray when there is no rule against it That would be harder than trying to tell your brother he couldn't wear your our new tie You might try but that's about as far as you'd get Anyway Cruikshank competed in his freshman year Because he was such an outstanding prospect he proved more valuable to Colorado here in the conference than most freshmen would have been Nevertheless he was nowhere near the champion prospect that he now is which is the sad part of the story Now that he has really reached the point where he should gain glory for himself and prestige for this section of the country countr he is barred from the nations nation's nations nation's nations nation's na na- na- na tion's chief chic meets because he has already served his time as a col college college col- col I cOI lege competitor I This great senior won wot the conference eve event ii in hI the hc new record distance of vf feet feci Anton Kishon Kisho of Bates Bales college won the Cambridge event recently a- a at feet 11 3 4 3 4 inches Cruikshank has exceeded cd ISO feet in ill practice and aud the worlds world's record a record a mark that has bas stood ever evor since 1913 1913 is only 1 feet 6 61 2 1 2 12 2 inches set by Paddy faddy J. J Ryan Rall of the United U States S S Next year Knewell of Utah will suffer like Cruikshank is being disappointed this spring By clearing 6 G feet 5 inches twice this year in competition once competition once against Walter Valter Marty larty at the Y relays and again in the conference meet for a anew anew anew new record the record the former Davis high school ace has demonstrated his possibilities of adding another two or three inches to his performance per per- by another season In winning the conference meet he was already two inches ahead of what Scott of Cornell Comell and Thomson of M. M I. I T. T did to tie tic for first in the intercollegiate S The loss of services in his freshman year as with Cruikshank would have been small compensation for the privilege of entering them in national competition durin during their senior years when they would be most worthy representatives for the confer confer- ence once Hugh Cannon won the conference meet at 1595 feet or exactly the same distance that enabled Kenneth Carpenter of Southern California to cop op the intercollegiate De Dependable com comparisons in iii the running events arc are out of the thc question because the intercollegiate races were run rUll over meter er distances whereas the R. R M. M C. C measurements measure measure- ments are arc ii in 11 yards Still the field events show that Rock Rocky Mountain MOl athletes ath ath- Ides letes stack slack u 11 up p well with the best in hI the land laud Out au of seven events the R. R M. M C. C men excelled the intercollegiate winners win win- ners lles in ill two tied in one and mul ran rait a close second in ill another be the the javelin with Jack Jac Thornley of Utah Ulab hitting feet against S Keith Browns Brown's world record pole vault of or 14 feet 5 8 1 inches naturally overshadowed the mountain lads lad whose record is still under 14 feet R. R M. M C. C were two feet short of the I. I C. C A 4 mark as were the broad jumpers although three C. C U. U stars have been credited with foot 24 jumps this year compared to the leap of 24 feet 10 8 3 inches that won the intercollegiate event for Al Olson of Southern California |