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Show I Raymond" Martin Feature Here Monday Aftrrnoon Olympic Candidates Will Show Class at Local Athletic Park Ogdenites Will Have Last Chance Monday Afternoon to See ! Two of World's Best Stars Perform; Haymond Will Handicap Field in Sprints; Martin to Star in Three-mile Three-mile Feature; Ogden-Layton Clubs Will Also Vie for Honors i Oh Henry, Let's Go! Two of the world's greatest track-( track-( stera, two . stars who will wear the t colors of the Ogden Athletic aseocia-, aseocia-, tion in the trials for the Amerlcaii Olympic team in this country and later at Antwerp, Belgium, will bo starred hero Monday afternoon for the last ( time until after the Amorican team , returns from the "old world." The two men, W. Creed Haymond, national 100 and 220 yard champion j I during 1919 and one of tho fastest men 'In the world In the furlong, together ;iwith Robert "Bob" Martin, western distance champion, are the stars that will perform. Both men have records 1 that have very few seconds registered. 1 Haymond captained the University 1 of Pennsylvania track team last year and is recognized as one of the Amerl- jeans to bring laurels to this country from the world meet "over there." J In races at Lorin Farr park Monday afternoon Haymond will handicap the field in the 100 and 220 yard dashes. I In the century the star will give the field from 7 to 32 yards while in the I furlong a limit of 25 yards will be placed on the limit mon. This is one of the best known phases to put a (runner In condition. These two races-1 races-1 should bo thrillers and one of the I largest crowds in the history of loc,l athletics is expected to turn out andj givo the stars tho glad hand. Some Speed In tho recent track meet here, Haymond Hay-mond clipped the furlong in the re-markable re-markable time of 22 seconds on a wet track. In tho century he flew over the 'distance in 10 seconds flat. He is out to shatter the state record in the hundred hun-dred which is held by Whitney, made in 1904. The record is 10 seconds flat. Haymond has on many occasions tied . the record. 1 I In tho three mile event, Bob Martin! will run against a three men team and should be ablo to givo a good account of himself. Martin will run the entire three miles against Vernal Funk, state' interscholastic 440 yard champion, Ho-gan, Ho-gan, state mile and half champion nnd Griffon of the Ogden high school. " In this event Hogan of the Panther school will run tho first mllo against Martin. At the end of the mile Funk will speed over a half mile with Griff-en Griff-en running the final mile and a half. This race should be a thriller and should give the fans a chance to "chatter" "chat-ter" over the class of the western champion. Start Promptly The first race, the century, will start promptly at 2:30 o'clock. The second event on tho card will be tho three mile feature and the last event will be the 220 yard dash. Immediately following the three "special" events the Ogden baseball club will tangle with the fast Layton team in a champoinship game This contest will start Immediately following follow-ing th'e final sprint race. Both Lay-ton Lay-ton and Ogden are at the top of the ladder In the Wasatch league and this contest should be a thriller. Haymond, Larson and Martin will depart early in June for Los Angeles where they will complete their training train-ing for the trials. Richards is already al-ready on the coaat and Is expected lo be one of the mainstays in the all-! arounds. Remember fans. Monday is the day. It will bo your last chance for somo time to see tho stars perform and if you are a live wire, if you are behind the stars in their efforts to make the American team you will be on hand. They need your support and the larg- c er the crowd the better. I |