Show r r i iS' iS t i S' S Ii P O 0 Oi i 1 l JOHN NE By MOONEY O Telegram m Sports Editor The first brother act at of Utah athletes in World war wal II looms as asa a II distinct possibility today since S Galloping Gay Adelt Utah's all all- r conference tailback told this writer writ writ- er he was was lined up for the U U. S. S 4 army air all corps while Brother Huck Buck outstanding quarterback y already is set for the U. U S. S navy b p all air corps Gay and Huck arc outstanding S athletes and possess th the coordination coordination coordination tion and ability to make good fighters Now Kon that athletics seem 1 doomed for a while It is comforting com corn forting to realize that 1910 1110 was wasi i probably the greatest greate t year ear for track and field competition since Ince tJI the early carly da lays days s 's of the sport A check of performances performance r shows hows that athletes on indoor i- i and ami outdoor tracks s ju just t about wiped the slate Mate clean with an amazing series of competitions 2 There were so many outstandIng outstanding outstanding ing track and field men this year that one couldn't be singled out for special praise In fact 11 H- men meni i were standouts in the track and andfield andfield andfield field program which usually in includes includes in- in eludes 16 events or less Outstanding were Grover Klemmer Klem- Klem mer Les Steers Bill Stewart Greg Rice Cornelius Al Blozis Fred Wolcott Bill Brown Archie Harris Bob Peoples Peoples Peo Peo- ples pIes and Les MacMitchell l ac MacMitchell although po possibly possibly sl- sl bl bly not a Cunningham or Lovelock Lovelock Love Love- lock still was nas a standout miler 6 winning a grand sweep in the N 0 A A and I C 04 4 A and amI A A U titles The N NY NYU Y U miler never i c Jost lost a cross-country cross race 1 r Va Warm r m d definitely e fIn i tel y t. t stamped himself as the greatest pole vaulter of all time by soaring soaring soar soar- ing 15 feet teet 5 54 4 inches the greatest great great- est st leap ever recorded by man AI Al Blozis the great Georgetown Georgetown George George- town footballer won ever everything available a with ith his i breaking records at almost every performance Peoples the Southern Cali California spear pear broke the standard for the javelin with a toss of feet 3 3 inches while Archie Harris the giant negro tossed the discus feet S 8 84 inches i Greg Rice Notre Dames Dame's running running run run- ning fling robot was of course king of the two milers but he also took the meter crown with ridiculous ridiculous lous bus ease setting a new record of for the distance Les Steers and Bill mn Stewart both cleared 6 feet 9 93 4 inches In the nationals but this outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing ac accomplishment doesn't even appear in the hooks books because heS be he- S cause cause Steers had already jumped e 6 feet 11 inches for a new world record Billy Broun rown the youthful U If UCLA C L A A. star broke the hop I step and jump mark with a combined combined cornS com corn I leap of 50 feet 11 Vi Vz inches S and Wolcott olcott once again agati proved his claim to the king of the high hurdlers valid by equaling the world record for the meter nO-meter high sticks in One of of the finest performances I registered was the race of Grov Grover r Klemmer of California in winning the meter run at the nationals which set a new record of 46 seconds seconds sec- sec 5 flat t. t In this race six runners finish under 47 seconds and the fourth man was clocked in a remarkable time Th These se records are re but a sample S of the general around all-around superiority superior superior- ity of the 1940 1910 track and field performances performances performances per per- per II over past years And unless war curtails athletics greatly greatly great- great i ly ly Jy 1942 1042 may see further miracles of of the cinder cinder- and |