Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-25 | Page 10 | Runar Stone, Yank Decathlon Hope, is Little College's One-Man Team

Yank Decathlon Hope Is Little Colleges College's One-Man One Team f I L. L W U t 1 i iI A c I Iw M t r ii I w 2 4 f iI i I I A Runar Eunar Stone one-man one track team 0 of f San Francisco State Teachers Teachers' college a A.- A. Coast Track Entrant Aims to Compete at t Berlin By JOE ROSENTHAL NE NEA A Sports Writer SAN SAN- FRANCISCO April 25 In 25 In Inthis this Olympic year car carmany many big big colleges colleges colleges col col- col- col leges are stridently broadcasting the prowess of their outstanding ath aUt- letes You hear of Jay Berwanger of tho University of Chicago Jesse Jesef Owens of at Ohio State Glenn Cunningham Cunningham Cun Cun- former Kansas U. U miler and of ot a number of ot other big names But did you ever ever ever- hear of ot Runar Stone And have you ever heard of San Francisco State State- Teachers' Teachers college Probably not not but but y you u may hear plenty of ot both bath this summer sum sum- mer mci for Stone is destined to cut cuta a big swath in international sports because of his around all-around track and andfield andfield andfield field excellence Twenty-four Twenty years old 6 feet 2 and weighing Stone first was noticed when he placed third be behInd behind behind be- be hind Jim Bausch of Kansas and Bob Mackey of California in in the tho national national national na na- na- na A. A A. A U. U decathlon in San Diego But Stones Stone's showing there was an inspiration to himself Ho He trained i so 80 hard after that meet that he has han I improved on Bausch's 1932 1032 Olympic decathlon record marks in the meter dash broad jump high jump meter high hurdles and 1500 meter run Now vaulting 13 feet hes he's a cinch to better the Jayhawkers Jayhawker's Jayhawk- Jayhawk ers er's 13 feet 1 inch mark by mid mid- season and hes he's only three-tenths three second behind Bausch's meter tOO standard True Stone can stand considerable considerable consider consider- able ablo Improvement In the tho discus and shot put although his feet with the tho javelin isn't bad He Ho now is said to be might close to the OlympIc Olympic pic pie record of ot points He modestly expressed the opinion that hell he'll compile about points which is an indication of ot how he now stacks up with Olympic trials still a couple of months away Here are his present marks in the decathlon meters broad I j jump mp 23 feet 5 shot put 40 feet 3 high jump 6 feet 2 2 ODO meters meter ter high hurdles discus feet pole vault 13 feet javelin feet meter 1500 run 4 Such a of oC achievements is certain to make Stone a factor in selection of decathlon performers for the U. U S. S squad this y year ar