Show U U. S S. Banks on Five Stars Americans Strong in Track and Field Owens Receives Most Votes 4 By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Sports Writer NEW V YORK Jan 20 The 20 The five athletes most likely to win points for the United States Slates in the OI Olympic c games at Berlin this summer are Jesse Owens Eulace Peacock Jack Torrance Glenn Cunningham and Jack Medica according to a poll poli of sports editors editors editors ed ed- ed- ed throughout the country by the United Press I Owens Ohio State negro who broke three world records and tied another last May in one of the greatest one day achievements in track and field history won first place with ith 98 t votes Unless misfortune misfortune tune 0 overtakes v e r takes him Owens will willbe willbe 4 be one of the favorites fa in the and meters and the broad k jump He has tied the world record of 9 94 seconds for forthe forthe the yard dash several times has hasa a mark of 20 3 for Ow Owens Ovens ens the yard dash which will vill probably probably proba proba- bly be accepted next summer and has leaped 26 feet 8 inches in the broad jump His leap in the broad jump is 5 5 inches farther than any other human ever has jumped Another negro athlete Eulace Peacock of Temple Owens Owen's most persistent rival captured second place with 63 votes Peacocks Peacock's specialties specialties specialties are the same as Owens' Owens the sprints and broad jump Last summer at Lincoln he bent Owens in the meters and In the tile broad jump Peacocks Peacock's best mark markin in the br broad ad jump is 23 feet 3 Inches The Temple negro won the meters meters meters me me- In one tenth one tenth of a second faster than the world record but I 5 had a favoring wind Third place went to Jack Jacl-c Torrance Tor Tor- rance the pound Louisiana giant who holds the world record of 57 feet 1 inch made at al Oslo Norway in 1934 He polled police 59 votes Torrance was considered by many writers to be the surest bet betto betto betto to win an Olympic title Glenn Cunningham of Kansas who finished fourth in the me 1500 ter run at the 1932 games at Los Angeles was fourth with 40 votes The sturdy middle westerner has kept in training since the 1932 games and apparently is a faster runner now than he was four years ears ago Jack Medica U. U of Washington swimmer who has broken most of Johnny records in the thelast thelast thelast last two years captured fifth place with 37 votes He Is expected to tobe tobe tobe be a contender in the and 1500 meter free style events Last year in Tokio Medica edica broke two world I records beating the Japanese in in the meters and in in the meters |