Show SNYDER TO COACH OWENS Sprint Star Chooses His Hiss Ohio Mentor By ALAN GOULD Associated Press Sports Writer ABOARD S. S S. S MANHATTAN En Route to Berlin July 2 23 23 Among the questions that have been settled with the approach of ot t the e American athletic forces to their I base of Olympic operations is s handling Jesse Owens Officially Head Coach Lawson Robertson himself an time old sprinter was designated to take charge of ot the dash men First an exception was made for Frank Wykoff Wykoff Wykoff Wyk- Wyk off whose old coach Dean Cromwell Cromwell Cromwell Crom Crom- well Is on the staff And now it has I been established that Owens is to take advice and directions solely from Larry Snyder Ohio S State te men men- tor i The situation was sas brought to a ahead ahead ahead head when Robertson asked Owens Owens Owens Ow Ow- ens his preferences and the negro promptly replied he lie wanted to work out only under Snyder Snyder's guidance This brought into the spot light an anomalous situation Snyder is aboard paying his own e expenses and is recognized only as an associate associate asso elate coa coach h denied the privileges of Olympic identity cards uniforms and of the Olympic village except as a visitor In the same situation are Fred who coaches the hammer throwers Carl Olsen traveling trav tray cling eling with John Woodruff the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh meter BOO star and Francis Welch who Is with Archie San Romani Romani Romani Ro- Ro mani the Emporia Ka Kan Kah 1 miler Will Cooperate I 1 am willing to cooperate as faras faras far tar taras as possible and surely will handle Owens Dave Albritton and any others Im I'm requested to coach but butI I dislike being classified as a knot- knot holer said Snyder I 1 have been given an official run around but the important thing to me is to get Owens into the best condition to capture the triple Olympic honors which ho he is sure to do Snyder especially resented Robertson's Robertson's Robertson's Rob Rob- ertson's suggestion that the only flaw In Owens' Owens running is his slowness slow ness off the marks Snyder der insists Owens vens can beat any sprinter at any distance adding pointedly Theres no payoff at 50 m meters t rs in a meter race Owens is n no but the smoothest piece of running machinery we have ever ever- seen The athletes were gratified b by the statement ma made e yesterday by Chairman A Avery Acry cry Brundage which clarifies the American Olympic committees committee's position in regard to their conduct on Oil board ship and removes the suspicion of gener general l ln n misbehavior A masquerade party last night was climaxed by Brundage's presentation presentation presentation presen presen- tation of cups to the winners in ill the athletes' athletes poll It was a general surprise surprise sur sur- prise that Mrs Eleanor Holm Holni Jarrett Jarrett Jar- Jar rett who was once sought for tor the Follies failed tailed to finish 3 2 in the beauty contest won by Mrs Joanna De Dc Tuscan the fencing champion from Detroit Betty Robinson of Chicago and Alice Arden of New York both track stars came camo In second second sec see ond and third Morris l Gets Prize GI Glenn nn HardIn of ot Louisiana who was voted the handsomest arrived too late to get the cup which meanwhile meanwhile mean mean- while was awarded to the second choice Glenn Morris the Fort Collins Col Col- lins Uns Colo Cob decathlon ace Glenn Cunningham the sturdy Kansan who ho has been booed by in New Yorks York's Madison Square Garden received an ovation from irom his teammates on winning the popularity prize He responded This is a happier moment than any I hope to have unless Im I'm lucky eno enough gh to win that meter 1500 medal Owens was second to Cunningham In the voting popularity while Katherine Katherine Kath- Kath erine crine Rawls the Miami swimmer was chosen the most popular of the feminine athletes Betty Robinson was runner |