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Show ROSE WILL WINPLACE Throws Shot Over Fifty-Two Fifty-Two Feet in Practice For Olympiad Sen Francisco, May 9. In tho opinion of athletic experts Ralph Rose, the champion of the 16-pound Ghot same, assured his place on the American tenm to the Olympiad when in practice today he throw the shot 52 feet and 1 inch, exceeding his record rec-ord by one foot one inch. The feat today will not become a record because be-cause it is unofficial. In vjew of the fact that the left-handed left-handed ehotput la expected to figure Jn the Olympiad records Rose is practicing prac-ticing with, that hand and Is consistently consist-ently putting a distance of 43 foot Clarence Edmundson of the Seattle Athlotic club Is another picked by the experts to make the American team. In unofficial trials ho haG run the half-milo in 156 3-5. The amateur record Is 152 4-5. The first tryouts for the team will be hold on Stanford oval May IS. - . |