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Show PROMISE STAR THREE FOR OLYMPIC Notre Dame Champs May Be "Aces" in Rig Game Across Pond Rj .iu K V.ElOt K IntematJonal New- Sporting Editor NEW Y ' It K , June 30. Notre Dame University promises to furnish more stars for the American dvmpic team than any other i-oiieeo with the possible pos-sible exception ol the University of Pennsylvania. The Indiana school, with Johnny Murph. Iht n.itionnt high jump champion, and Billy Hayes, national 1 100-yard title holder, has two m'n who are conidrred sure placers In addition Notre Dame boasts a new star in "(.'hick" Meehan Its track captain cap-tain and stellar m iddlc-disM ncer. Meehan was nol v'un'dderef serlous-1 serlous-1 by those who ri(rlici the "dope " on possible college mnibers for th" team that will represent Dncle Pamuel at Antwerp until he went out and beat .loie Ray. the wonderful Mttic Chicago fier. This performance woke up the eritlcSi and when Iay came along with unstinted pralso for the Notre Dnme runner the critics took another long look at Meehan. The "Irish" captain promises to make all comers step lively to defeat him In the BPO-metre event for as he sizes up now he looks like n second Ted Meredith He showed his heels to .1 claSSQ field in the recent western conference games "hen he captured th- BjBO-yard run in 1 i " 1 -5. That he had reallv- beaten "55" was accepted everywhere, for such experts as Martin Delaney. Harry Gill and Steve F.irreli were amonft those who clocked the event So all slirns indicate That Meehan will make the dymplc team, and If he does Notre Dame will have three great performers wearing the colors of the Dnited States In the seventh Olympiad for It Is a foregone conclusion conclu-sion 'hat Murph and Hayes will be' anion the bellcows" in their partlcu-j lar event ;,t Cambridge. Tlie chances of cistern and western west-ern college athletes to win places on the Olympic team appearto be pretty evenly balanced The records made In the recent wesJern conference Karnes, when compared with those made at Franklin Field In the lnter- colleglates, leave little to choose though the InlercollcKiates developed -lightly better fluurcg in all but the Half mile and the two sprints, the 100 and the -l!fi. Scholtz's western time of 10 seconds was erpjalled by both LeConey of Lafayette, La-fayette, and Klrksay, of I. eland Stanford Stan-ford in the trnl at Philadelphia, but neiih- r of these men took part In the final. Weather ind track conditions, however, were better at I-ranklln Field than the:,' were for the western games. There were two events in the conference con-ference meet that were not contested In the Intercolleglates the javelin and the discuss. Higgins, of Chicago won ;he discuss with a throw of 140 feet S inches. Hoffman of Michigan, took first In the Javelin with a throw of 172 feet. 9 Inches. This throw bettered ;h" Winning throw of BarteK Penn's star. In the recent relays by a full ten feet The figures for the two big college meets follow: 100 yards East, 10 1-6 sec; West. 10 sec. 2 2 u yards Fas'. 21 4-5 sec; West 21 3-5 eec. 4 4 0 yards -East, is sec.; West 4 8 4-5 sec 8S0 yards East. 1 mln 5S sec; West. I min. 4 1-5 sec "no mile East 4 mln. 22 2-5 sec. West 4 mln 2S 2-5 sec. Two miles East 9 In. 27 3-5 sec; Wefct. 9 mln. 33 see. Hluh hurdles East. 14 2-5 sec; West, 15 t-5 sec. Iow hurdles East. 23 4-5 gee; Went. 25 pec. So'-t put Bast, 45 ft. 10 1-2 in.. West. 4 3 ft. 11 In. Hammer East. 159 ft 2 3-4 In.; West. 150 ft. 7 In. Pole East, 12 ft, 6 In.; West 12 ft. 3 in. I'.road Fast. 23 f. s In. West 24 I ft 7 1-2 In. High East, r, fr. 4 in.. West 6 ft. 00 |