| Show Five Will Bid id fo for r U S S Olympic Team tt E Jackie Burton Barton Tops List of I IBee Bee Hive State I Crimson Miler Half Should Win Place On 1928 Amen Ameri- American can Track and Field Team Burke of Has Fine Possibilities Rowe Pilling Rowe Pilling Worthington Give Promise By AL WARDEN SAMS SAM'S track and field athletes have haw established quite sonic some record in tire the Olympic games which have been held ill li various parts of the worlds world's athletic realm since lS 1896 6 They were just a n were mere handful of American athletes who slipped quietly away to Athens ill in lS 1896 6 and captured mIle nine firsts in tile the track irack and field competition Since that time the Stars and stripes have llave been carried through eight international meets and the precedent of victory ictor has been een upheld nightly Rightly or not we have ha come comb to look upon a triumph In these these vents went as equivalent to winning the Olympic classic The element clement of ot the tha far Car west ivest crept into the tIle eighth Olympiad with Its sturdy turly type ot or athletes or Of orthe the team 73 came from that por por- por- por portion lion Hon ot or the United States Slates west ot of ond Including Chicago as agaInst 45 from Crom the cast New Ness York led lc t the ire list with V 2 26 6 In togs Twenty nine tales were represented on the championship team It was the most representative squad quad this countr country ever er sent forth m In quest ot or the olive olivo leaf lear laurel As to its well strength strength well we expect It ht to bring home the bacon when he next set of games takes the mantle In 1928 Coaches and track boosters In all parts of oC the tho countr country have havo al al- al cady started to turn their optics toward 1928 Many of oC the classy athletes that competed In the 1920 and 1924 features will be out ot ol of ervice when the new feature Is With this phase In view no little attention will be turned track over the nation For tho the fit first time In track iris iris- his history tor tory Utah will III otter offer a flood or of material with more nore than an even chance of or being represented In world competition for the second ume Heres Here's the offering ottering Utah uni- uni uni university Burton Burten Burton and yard ard dashes Pilling Filling javelin Utah Agricultural Glen college college Worthington hurdles Melvin 1 Burke one mile run and Ralph two milo run Brigham Young university Rowe and tind O yard dash ven rents ts These men are being groomed or the worl classic the from tho Dee Bee Beehive hive state Of Ot course thero there are others who have possibilities yet hese men eland stand out head and shoulders over the tire field BURTON BURTOV FIRST FInST Of Ot the tho entire list Jackie Jackle Bur Dur- Durlon BurIon Ion Bur lon Ion in the opinion ot of the writer stands tire the best chance of or perform perform- performing ing tog for tor Uncle Undo Sam This young young- youngster youngster youngster ster holds the state and confer confer- conference ence enee records In the yard classic and Is a 1 mean performer also itt In The he quarter By fly specializing in the half mile Burton Durton should be able to make the greatest middle dig dis distance tance lance runner of o America step to win He should clock the halt half by 1928 In Rowe of ot tho the Cougars has amas- amas amazIng Ing ig ability la in the sprints and un- un under Under un under der the careful coaching of ot Eu- Eu Eugene Eu Eugene gene Roberts should show plenty ot of class In the 1927 and col- col cole col collegiate e late campaigns Mclvin Burke ot or the Utah Ag- Ag Aggles Ag gies is capable of oC o turning the mile mUe This from no less an authority than E Lowell athletic dictator or of o the Farmer lair I I have clocked Burke Durke In Work work work-outa outs at and believe ho ire could duce duco this to by specializing L in ono one event said Coach nom Ibm Rom ury ney today Burkes Burke's present conference roe roe- record rec record ord stands at and was made madeI madec I I an 50 elevation or of o one mile which s a sensational running time timo for iris region Glen Worthington elongated athlete or of o the tho Aggles football and track artist gives promise of developing Into ono one ot of othe otho ho he greatest hurdlers ever red red hereabouts and may bid so- so se seriously for or a prominent post Ralph Farrar a two miler ot of 1 promise now enrolled at the Lo- Lo Logan Lo-gan Lo san gan institution Is looked upon as asne asne ne ito successor or of o Virgil Norton orton record holder Farrar would be forced to cut cutmore cutmore cutmore more than 30 seconds oft off his two two- two mile anIle mUe time to be counted in the money MAY y I BREAK K MARK Tilling Pilling Utah's premier javelin is expected to shatter his present conference record this pring This athlete It Is will VIII heave the pole around the tho 20 st rt et mark Such a performance would surely Burely bring him consid consideration ration when Lawson Robertson and other noted coaches get their final inai heads head together In making the I fin in- in al ai selection ot of o The prospects a rep rep rep- from Utah Is even brighter than In 1920 when the Ogden Athletic association had Creed Haymond Clinton Larson I and Alma Richards In the trials at Los Angeles and Boston Down through the tire years ears ot or track competition In Utah only one ono ath- ath ath athlete lete leto from front this stats has made the tho American team That honor goes to to Alma Richards former n B Y V YU U and Cornell star Richards ls I journeyed to Stockholm In 1912 won the high jump and held the record until 1920 when Richard Landon or of o Yale decided to write Iris his name namo among the list ot or rec- rec record record rec record ord holders Creed triumphed d over Charles Paddock In 17 out of or 20 starts a at Los Angeles prior to the tho Olympic trials suffered a torn ligament In his heat with Morris Kirksey and as a consequence was pushed front from the picture rl Hay Hay- Haymond hay hay- Haymond mond mood however howe was permitted to journey to Boston Doston but the coas coast Injury prevented Iris his further par par- par Richards and Larson both bolh tailed failed to qualify In the east eastern ern era finals Sweden and Finland were Amer Aper American's leans lean's greatest rivals riyals In 1924 and undoubted undoubtedly will trill furnish plenty or of opposition In the 1928 games UI HOPEFUL From the tho sprints to the dis- dis distances dis distances lances the he hurdles the U weights and the Held field events America Is mak- mak making mak making ing preparations for tor the tire next Olympiad are hopeful of having ha at least leat one represents represents- representative tire tive on the squad squall The Olympic games date back to the days ot or tho the empires or of o ancient Greece and Rome nome At that time the tho foot Coot race was the only event on the program The Tho first was B n C Tire The name namo comes from tire UIO site on which v the games genies were I Olympia held Olympia in Ells Bits not a 1 city I a 3 small plain In tire the district of Greece The first 13 Olympics had but butone butone one the event event the toot race The winners winner's reward was purely one or of honor A garland ot or wild olive was the victors victor's prize His Ills statue was erected in the Allis Altis and his name given the Olympic period of tour four years In which be he triumphed According to historians the games were discontinued after acter Olympics had been held because of oC the teachings ot or Christianity Following the lapse of ot 1502 years the Idea was revived Since Sinco that time the modern have been held as follows 1896 Athens 1900 Paris 1904 St StLouis Louis 1906 Athens 1908 Lon Len Lon Stockholm 1920 Ant Ant- Antwerp Antwerp Ant Antwerp and 1924 1934 Paris 00 00 |
