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Show WESTERN MEN WORN OUT BY LONG TRAIN JOURNEY MOSCOW, Ida.. Aug. 14 "The six-day six-day transcontinental trip and the enervating ener-vating eastern weather proved a se-rlous se-rlous blow to Paclfle coast nthletes vho were entered in the Olympic try-OUf.S," try-OUf.S," said Tom Matthews, Idaho track coach, who has returned to Moscow Mos-cow from his trip to New York City with Leon Terrlne and ft. Neil Irving, the two University of Idaho men who won places in the Olympic pentathlon tryouts. "Irving suffered a loss of 16 pounds In weight, and In spite of everything that we did. was so far off form that !m was able to put the shot onlv 3 1 ifeet, and the, Javelin only 1 5 S feet,' said Matthews. "Irvlng's poorest performances per-formances in these events In collegiate collegi-ate competition this year were 43 feet and 170 feet, respectively "After Irving tied for fifth place in the pentathlon tryouts, he continued to lose weight, and It is doubtful if he could have recovered in time for the games in Antwerp, had he been taken across," continued the coach ' Perrine's marks in the Olympic tryouts were far below his usual standard stand-ard He was hundlcappcd not only n1.' the heat, but by a sore right foot which compelled him to do all of his Jumping with his left foot" |