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Show irayiciiK TO ENTER VORLO MEET MIS Clinton larson, world famed high jumper and all around track and field star is now attending the officers' training school at San Antonio, Texas, and expects to receive a commission a a second lieutenant in the very near future. Larson has been in the service for more than a year now and during that time has established several records in athletic attire. Turing the 1917 season Larson was the national high jump champion and his work attracted world wide attention. atten-tion. Before Uncle Sam entered the war, Laren established a mark of 6 feet 7 and 7-8 Inches In the aerial event, a record that will probably never be broken. In every part of the country this star is known as the boy with the punch. In one meet staged at Waco, Texas, during the early part of this year, Larson Bcored 30 iwinta in a meet for hU team. " Larson expects to be a member of the All American team which wilt in all probabilities clash with the best stars in the entire athletic world during dur-ing the spring of il919. If the present plans of the Y. !M. C. 1A. and the A. A. IT. officials mature It is a certainty certain-ty that Larson will be one of the men who will wear the Mars and stripes in world wide competition. Larson was developed by Coach Rugene Roberts and entered his first meet of his career in 1914 as a member mem-ber of the Dixie high school aggregation. aggrega-tion. He won his event in easy style and set a state record of 6 feet . 2 inches in the high school class that will probably never be broken. Alma Richards, another Utahn, also developed by Coach Roberts, will probably also make tne trip. Richards won the shot put in the annual A. A. U. games at Chicago this year and took second place in the high jump. iBoth of these men are stars of the first caliber and it is expected that they will uphold the honors of Utah at all times. 'Richards at present is stationed at Camp Fremont, California, where he is a first lieutenant. |