Show Trojans Tip Bears 74 74 57 5 7 71 LOS ANGELES April 15 UP The The University of Southern I California was virtually assured today of the Pacific Coast conference conference conference confer confer- ence track and field championship championship championship champion champion- ship again after defeating University University Uni Uni- of California 74 to 57 in a dual meet at Memorial coliseum yesterday Off to try for its seventh national national national na na- na- na intercollegiate title Southern Southern South South- ern em California had disposed of the he only competition on the coast worthy of the name having yet yetto yetto yetto to meet only Stanford university and the University of California at Los Angeles neither of which is s conceded a chance Sophomores accounted for more than han half the Trojan total with Warren Smith Hubert Kerns and Cliff Bourland providing the days day's biggest surprises Smith and Bourland after stellar Individual in individual individual in- in performances teamed with Howard Upton and Ed Grunbock to win the mile relay after the meet already had been clinched California took the lead after four events 20 to 16 but the Tro Tro- jans overtook the Golden Bearin Heart Bear in the fifth filth From then on Troy drew away steadily putting the contest on ice in the next to the 1 n last event the event the low hurdles in which Art Laret and Sam Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- last son placed first and third re respectively respectively respectively re- re 1 for the Trojans Trojan Jh 4 II 41 I tv p I 4 1 4 1 t 24 V A I M y i iy ii t I k p Bob Peoples shows return to old form by breaking javelin mark as U S C trimmed California in dual track meet Three meet records were equaled or bettered as Coach Dean Dean Cromwell pulled surprise after surprise on Coach Brutus Hamilton and the only California team since 1924 to be rated a contender against the Trojans Warren Smith staged a mighty stretch drive to defeat two fa favored favored Ia- Ia Golden Bears Clarence Barnes and Dick Peter in the yard run tying the meet record record record rec rec- ord of 1533 Grover Klemmer California's national meter champion won the in meet record time of seconds and Bob Peoples javelin football-javelin star hurled the javelin feet 4 inches for another record Kerns winning both the and yard dashes was high highpoint highpoint highpoint point man and Carl Merritt also of U US S C was as next with eight winning the and placing second in the discus throw Dick Peter Klemmer and Jim Jurkovitch Jurkovitch Jurkovitch Jurko- Jurko of California tied with six each for high point honors for California The Trojans won won nine first places to six for California |