Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-30 | Page 15 | East Pins Its I. C. 4-A Hopes upon Woodruff

lEast fEast East Pins Its I. I A Hones By DREW MIDDLETON NEW YORK May 30 UP The Fl The The legendary of ot the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast are on their way and unless John Woodruff does his stuff next neEt Friday and Saturday it looks like the intercollegiate A. A A. A A. A A. A track and field title is due for another trip west Team strife forgotten the east eastIs Is rallying to stop the first western western west west- ern invasion since 1935 The feelIng feeling feeling feel feel- ing seems to be that if Long John cant can't them no one can The teams of Southern California California California Califor Califor- nia and California universities in- in elude runners jumpers and vaulters vaulters vault- vault ers of ot great reputation But the thet t I east feels sure no one will outshine Long John the Pittsburgh ace who has been about the best mIddie middle middle mid mid- dle die distance distan e runner in the world since 1936 John ran off with the HO and the L C. C A. 4 titles last year and he is back to see if It he can win them again and duplicate Ted I Upon Woodruff 1 Merediths Meredith's trick of ot 1915 1916 If he can this section will have gone gonea a long way toward keeping the title east of ot the The more optimistic easterners have a nice picture of the meet- meet Ing The east will take the hammer hammer ham ham- mer iner shot discus and javelin and through the presence of ot Ben Johnson of Columbia Marty Glickman of ot Syracuse Ted Day Dayot of ot Yale Ham Hucker of Cornell Cornell Cornell Cor Cor- nell and John Donovan of ot Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth Dart Dart- mouth make a respectable showing showing show show- ing lug in the sprints and the hurdles With the news that Lou Zam- Zam the Tr Trojans Trojans' jans' jans ace miler is out out the east's chances of ot taking the mile with either Pete Bradley of Princeton or Alex Northrop of ot Harvard increased as did hope for Cornell's Wreck Welch In the two That leaves the the and Long John Woodruff ran the in 47 flat the half mile in 1521 In this meet last year These figures plus his showing at the Penn re relays relays relays re- re lays have made him the favorite Both fields will be large and good Jimmy Herbert the In Indoor indoor indoor in- in door seasons season's best man at is in the primed for his best race Charley Miller of California California California Califor Califor- nia and ErwIn Miller of Southern Southern South South- em ern California carry the western challenge The former has done the latter From the east come Wes Wallace of ot Fordham Fordham Fordham Ford- Ford ham Phil Goold of ot Princeton John Nevius of ot Cornell and Dr Drew w Valentine of Colgate All have done better than 49 seconds In the Woodruff must face Howie Borck and Lou Burns of ot Manhattan Stan Holt of Rhode Island State Pete Bradley of ot Princeton the Ivy champion who has done 1527 Phil Roulac who has returned John Congdon of ot Yale Edgar Stripling of ot N. N Y U. U and Frank Slater of Fordham