Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1936, Page 11

SPORTS. Dynamite Is Packed Into By the Assoclated Press. cisive action, it's possible today happen in the final Olympic track and So closely matched are the contes- that few observers or coaches feel ‘This applies especially to the 400, Jump and the pole vault, in all of Half Dozen Events at Randalls Island. v EW YORK, July 6—With the N athletic decks cleared for de- to offer a fairly accurate line on who's who and what's lkely to fleld tryouts Saturday and Sunday at the new Randalls Island Stadium. tants and so packed with dynamite are the possibilities in at least six events ~ confident they can forecast the out- come. 800 and 1,500. meter runs, the 110- meter high hurdles, the running high | which world record smashes will swing | into action against formidable rivals. 300 Stars Will Compete. OTHERWISE pronounced favorites have developed in the qualifying competition. About 300 athletes, picked on the basis of sectional tryouts or past per- formances, will compete for about 60 Yemaining places on the American & track and field team. Already 10 Olympians have been hamed as a result of final tests in four events, the marathon, 1§,000- meter run, 50,00C-meter walk and decathlon. There are 23 Olympic events, including the 400 and 1,600 Meter relays. Thus there will be com- petition in 17 individual events this| eoming week end. Whether the U. 8. A. sends a full team, including the maximum of three | entries in each individual competition, | depends on the gate receipts for the final tryouts. Varoff Has Competition. ‘HE National A. A. U. champion- | ‘" ships completed Saturday at Princeton demonstrated that most of | the Olympic favorites, along with a number of newcomers to stardom, are ripe for another record-smashing battle. Such stalwarts of Jesse Owens of Ohio State, Don Lash of Indiana, Forrest (Spec) Towns of Georgia, Glenn (Slats) Hardin of Louisiana State and Glenn Cunningham of Kan- sas came through with decisive title victories. | The latest pole vault sensation, 22- | year-old George Varoff of the Olym- pic Club, San Francisco, hoisted him- | self over the bar at the new world Tecord height of 14 feet 612 inches to | make Uncle Sam forget that the prey- fus record-holder. Yale's Keith Brown, | isn't available. Varoff beat two con- | Eistent 14-footers, Earle Meadows and | Bill Sefton of Southern California. These three Coast stars must yet | reckon with stylish Dave Weichert of Rice Institute and Bill Garber, Seuth- ern California veteran, who soared to record heights in 1932 and is making & fine comeback. SCARCELY less terrific is the pros- pect in the high jump. Five jump- ers, led by lanky Cornelius Johnson, Los Angeles Negro, cleared 6 feet 7 inches in the national championships. Johnson and two other Negroes, Mel Walker and Dave Albritton of Ohio Btate, cleared 6-8 and took shots at a | world record. Walter Marty, who holds the world | mark of 6-915, and Ed Burke, Mar- | quette Negro, will be in the thick of | the Olympic test, along with several others who have ranged between 6-6 | and 6-9 in this speciality. Here's the situation as far as the foot-racing outlook is concerned: Sprints—Jesse Owens and Ralph Metcalfe, national champions at 100 and 200, favored to run 1-2 in both events; with Sam Stoller of Michigan and Frank Wykoff of Los Angeles seek- ing places in the 100; Mack Robinson, Los Angeles Negro, and Foy Draper of Southern California as contenders in the 200. 400 meters—Jimmy Lu Valle and Archie Williams, California Negro stars, favorites despite their defeat in | a close finish for the national title by | Harold Smallwood of Southern Cali-) fornia; Eddie O'Brien, Syracuse ace, | and Jack Hoffstetter of Dartmouth carry the hopes of the East. Eastman Is Favorite. FIGHT HUNDRED meters — Ben “ Eastman, co-holder of world record, favored over new national champion, Charles Beetham, Ohio State, clocked in 1:503 Saturday in beating John Woodruff, Pittsburgh Negro, and Chuck Hornbostel, Indiana veteran. 1,500 meters—Glenn Cunningham, national champion, appears in the best shape of the “big three,” with another | Kansas star, diminiutive Archie San Romani, primed to join Gene Venzke and Bill Bonthron in a fou:-cornered struggle for three places. One of the Eastern favorites may lost out. 5.000 and 10,000 meters—Don Lash, pational champion and record breaker Bt both distances, in a class by him- self so far as the United States is roncerned, looks to be the best Amer- lcan prospect ever developed for Olym- pics, but will be playing a lone hand against powerful oppostion. Hurdles—Forrest Towns, who has eracked’ or equaled world record of 14.2 for 110 meters a half dozen times this year, dominates a crack fleld, in- cluding Phil Cope and Roy Staley, Southern Californians; Sam Allen, Oklahoma Baptist; Al Moreau, Louisi- sna; Phil Good, Bowdoin, and Fritz Pollard, jr, Grand Forks, N. Dak. THE EVENING STAR, WASHI U. S. Mermaids Train En Route to Europe thus eliminating many turns. trying otit the scheme with as 1 many more holding the ropes. OAR TUTOR SOUNDS PESSMISTIC NOTE Olympic Honors Not in Bag, | Says Ulbrickson After Huskies’ Victory. By the Assoclated Fress. RINCETON, N. J. July 6— over Uncle Sam’s chances in some branches of There is so much optimism competition that it may be just as | well to have at least one pessimist | | | nev knows more about all combined ! among America’s representatives. He is Al Ulbrickson, silver-haired coach of the University of Washin, | ton crew, which has the task of pe: petuating the United States’ suprem- acy started in 1920 by the Navy. The Washington Huskies, winners of the intercollegiate championship at 4 miles at Poughkeepsie last month, ran off with the final Olympie tryouts on Lake Carnegie yesterday in one of the headiest performances of row- ing ever seen on American waters. Husky Strategy Prevails. JITH Bob Moch operating the tiller ropes and strapping Don Hume setting the stroke, the Huskies | remained behind Penn, New York A. C. and California for the first half | of the 2,000-meter sprint test. They had planned to do that be- fore the race. Thelr strategy called for a pause in the third and fourth minutes. They followed it to the letter, dropping from 39 strokes a minute to 34. That was to give the Huskies & chance to build up for the final drive. When the fourth minute was up, Moch gave Hume the signal and he stepped up the pace. His mates rowed the last 500 meters at 40 strokes a minute. They breezed past Penn, going on to win by 13 lengths in 6:04 4-5, the fastest time of the two-day competi- tion and only 13-5 of a second slower than the Olympic record hung up by California in 1928 at Amsterdam. Penn was clocked in 6:08 3-5. Rowing Fund Is Short. "WE COULDN'T let 'em have it three times in a row,” said Ul- | brickson, referring to the University of California, which provided Ameri- ca’s representatives in 1928 and 1932. “Since they couldn't win, we just had to." That gave the Huskies the undis- puted sprint and distance champion- ships of the country, but Ulbrickson doesn't figure the Olympic champlon- ship is in the bag. Nothing is certain as far as the | American Olympic rowing squad is concerned. Chairman Henry Penn Burke announced that only $6,000 of | the necessary $16,000 to finance a 32-man squad is in. It is up to Wash- ington and the clubs which the other successful oarsmen represent to raise the deficit in the next 10 days. FENLON DIAMOND STAR Helps Fredericksburg to Down Heurich Brewers, 7 to 2. Johnny Fenlon, former George ‘Washington University grid star, was one of the leading performers when Fredericksburg's Elk team defeated the Washington Heurich Brewers in a diamond battle at Predericksburg, 7 to 2. Fenlon made two hits, scored two runs and swiped two bases. Doggett was the winning pitcher. Thompson was the only Brewer to make more than one hit. He got two, Glenn Hardin, Louisiana State, in & class by himself among 400-meter tim- ber toppers. Weights—Jack Torrance, Louisiana’s world record-holder, off form, and may be hard pressed to make team in shot- v put. Strong fleld in discus, led by Southern California’s Ken Carpenter; hammer-throwers at best in years, with Rhode Island contingent favored to dominate tryouts, i Homer Standings By the Associated Press. Yesterday's homers—Gelbert, Car- dinals; Ott, Giants; Werber and Kroner, Red Sox; Gehringer, Walker, Rogell and Simmons, Tigers, one each. «_ The leaders—Foxx, Red Sox, 22; Trosky, Indians, 20; Gehrig, Yanks, 20; Ott, Giants, 15; Dickey, Yanks, 15. League totals—A an, 385; Na- Sionals, 313; total, 6. Olympic | Meanwhile Penn | | forged in front at 40 & minute. TANDING on the first tee, Gene Tunney took careful aim at a ribbon of ancient green and sent his drive spinning some 250 yards down the course. As he moved along the inevitable query came up. “Just what,” asked Gene, “is your angle on the Schmeling-Louis fight, now that it has become somewhat ancient history?” Accepting the fact that Gene Tun- angles of pugilism—physical, mental and psychological—than any one I know, I lost no time in countering, viz. “Just what is your angle?” “Admitting that I thought the Louis I had seen in three fights would knock out the Schmeling I had seen in three fights, we might turn back to an interview I gave you after |the Louis-Baer contest. You may recall that I brought out two points worth remembering. I said there were two weak spots that kept Louis from being rated as any superman. The first was lack of experience— and there perience. The second point was that he could be hit with a good right hand.” Your correspondent recalled these early warnings. Tunney's Angle. "‘THAT still doesn't explain the big splash,” I suggested. “I'l admit that” Gene said. “I had seen Schmeling meet Jack Shar- key twice and I had seen him against Baer. In those three fights he was just an average, ordinary heavy- weight. I never thought Louls was any superman, but I couldn't see how | he could lose to Schmeling. “I'll tell you how we all made our mistake. The Louis that we knew was really a ring mar- vel at the age of 21. He was the greatest 21-year-old fighter that ever lived. “Corbett won his title at 26— Dempsey at 24—Jeffries at 24—Fitz- simmons at 35—Willard at 32 or older. I won mine at 28. But here was a kid of 21 who seemed to have everything. As a matter of fact, he lacked only two things—mentality to meet the situation and experience.” How the Splash Arrived. "THE Louis who fought Ramage, Carnera, Levinsky and Baer was an entirely different Louid from the fighter who faced Schmeling. The first Louis was a young bachelor, willing to listen to Jack Blackburn, e kid on his way up. The second Louis was a fellow who kept saying, ‘I'm a married man now and I can take care of myself’ And this Louis was only & shadow of the Louid we had seen in action. In his other fights he was keen, alert, with left and right in correct position. Against Schmeling his held below the belt line. In his other fights he was relaxed and ready. Against Schmeling he was nervous, an entirely different Louis.” “In just what way?” I asked. “Louis,” Tunney said, “had been & marvelous exponent of what we might call unwasted action. His economy of motion ‘was extraordinary. “He made every move count. There was no surplus exertion. But in the very first clinch with Schmeling he began hammering away at the Ger- man’s shoulders and elbows. It is what we call ‘filling in’ I turned to Bernhagd Gimbel in that first round and said, ‘This is going to be inter- esting. This isn't the Louis we have seen before. He is very nervous. He is fighting now like a raw amateur.’ Charlottesville Rider Best Young Judges at Juvenile Horse Show Honor Miss Ellie Wood Keith, 14. BY MARY GWYNN C Official Juvenile Reporter. IRGINIA BEACH, Va. July 6.—Miss Ellie Wood Keith, 14, of Charlottesville was selected grand champion rider of the all-juniors in the horse show held in the Cavalier riding ring yesterday. ‘The judges, Miss Margaret Hill, 12, of Washington and Miss Susan Bolling, 14, of Charlottesville, in making the selection, stated that Miss Keith's performance was the best among the 58 juvenile riders in the show. They named Miss Sarah Louise Adams, 13, of San Antonio reserve champion, while Miss Patricia Maury Thraves, 16, of Virginia Beach, who won the most ribbons, was a close third. The show, the first in the Amer- ican horse show history to be di- rected and judged by children, at- tracted a record crowd. All adults were excluded from the ring and only junior officials were allowed to enter. Plans have been made to make the show an annual event open to all juvenile riders in America who are 18 years of age and under. 8] THE SPORTLIGHT Louis Is in for More Trouble Unless He Rebuilds Himself, Declares Tunney. BY GRANTLAND RICE. is no substitute for ex-, left frequently was| -+ X While members of the American Olympic Swimming team are en route to Berlin for the games this Summer they will work out in the pools of the ships on which they travel. A harness, designed by Bob Kiphuth, Yale coach, will be used to permit the swimmers to practice without moving, Five Olympic finals contestants are shown on the S. S. California —World Wide Photo. | And that was before Schmeling had ever hit him with a right-hand ! punch. I understand Louis was work- ling on a right-hand punch to the body for more than two weeks. He (had a two-foot target to nail and he | never threw it once. That means a | | nervous and mental condition well out | {of his control. That night he didn't | seem able to co-ordinate. The Crushing Build Up. l‘HERE'S another factor we can consider in the way of an after- | math,” Tunney continued. “This is | is the crushing, the almost overpower- ing handicap of expert opinion that | makes one contestant & superman, & certain winner. The main burden then is thrown squarely across his neck. He must prove all these big | headlines. He must be the hero. And | |1 am convinced that the burden of | | favorable expert opinion is devas- tating. “When T met Jack Dempsey in Phil- adelphia the burden was all on Jack. Jack had to be the superman. He | had to fight the fight the experts and the public were looking for. I could fight my own fight. Jack was picked | to stop me in a few rounds. He had to come to me quickly. I knew that. That's where I stuck in that first right hand. I had a big advantage | | from expert opinion. I only had to| | last a few rounds to be something of | & hero myself. I had every psycho- logical advantage, and don't forget, that's a big part of competitive sport. A tremendous part. “There is one spot where we all | went entirely off the road,” Tunney went on. “It is one place where I | know I went haywire. Boxing, or fighting, to me never has meant what we might call the preponderance of | purely physical powers. “If it all has to be the rule of the jungle, it would be no sport worth taking up. In that case the gorilla or the elephant or the lion would be champion. “But among human beings in | pugilism there must also be, in addi- | tion to the physical side, a mixture of | | the mental and psychological side- | lines, including & few common sense | angles on nerve and physical con- | dition. “Joe Louis, with all his natural | physical qualities, with all his ele- HIS Potomac River of ours has been rather slow in yielding any good-sized fish recently. Anglers have been content to | go out in a rowboat and bring in a “rew small ones, and those mostly | catfish. | Capt. Joe Fletcher, the man with all the little red rowboats, reports that only a few bass have been taken in his section of the river. The larger rockfish have gone on up to the Great Falls area, and only the small 1- pounders have remained behind. These make fine eating though, and two or three will suffice for a meal. A large number of anglers went out on the river on the Fourth and yes- terday, but an equally large number of pleasure seekers really interfered with the fishing. Ted Frazer, Navy Yard machinist, was fishing yesterday with bloodworms about a mile below Chain Bridge and caught three of those pan rocks. The last one he caught had a minnow in its mouth, so Frazer, using this for bait, went over by those sunken rocks about 300 yards above Capt. Joe’s place and caught a small bass weighing a frac- tion over a pound. He immediately got some more minnows, but wasn't able to repeat. A bass is a rare fish in that part of the river, and this is the only catch we have heard of there for some time. A better place is up by Little Falls. AS THIS department predicted sev- eral weeks ago, trout really are being caught in the bay. The finest catch reported to us so far this year was made in the Middle Grounds from one of Capt, Willoughby's boats. The party included A. K. Cherry, W. W. Rose, M. D. Slavis, Brookes Hayes and Bolan B. Turner, sl from Wash- NGTON, | to trim off ROD AND STREAM BY GEORGE HUB! D. C, MONDAY OLYMPICLEADERS WORRY OVER COIN Shortage of $150,000 Must Be Met in Ten Days or U, S. Squad Cut. Ry the Associated Press. EW YORK, July 6.—The spec- ter of curtailed participation in the 1936 Olympic games rose again today to plague the American Olympic Committee only 10 days before the teams were due to sail, and the big task of selecting the com- petitors still was unfinished. The final tryouts in three of the principal activities—men’s track and field and men's and women’s swim- ming—are scheduled for this week. To a large extent the gate receipts from these tryouts may decide how many Americans will compete at Ber- Iin in August. Each sport is expected to pay its own way, but these three will have the biggest squads and thus need the most money. Reports of committee heads at a general meeting yesterday showed that only 3 out of 21 had surpassed their quotas—boxing, modern pentathlon and yachting—and while most of the others were hopeful of raising their totals within the next 10 days, the deficit now is nearly $150,000. AS A result the A. O. C. laid plans for a Nation-wide appeal for funds, ending possibly in a drive on the pier before the S. S. Manhattan sails July 15, carrying the Olympic squads. In many cases the committees have put it up to the clubs, colleges and other organizations represented to make up the deficits. “We have reached a serious crisis,’ said Avery Brundage, A. O. C. chair- man. “We are short approximately $150,000. We have, I would guess, about $25,000 coming in from various sources, whereas we are in debt an- other $25,000 for running expenses. Unless the money comes in during the next 10 days we cannot sail.” Already the women's track and field team has been tentatively cut from 17 to 4. The committee reported a deficit of approximately $9,000 with no money coming in. Only $300 was raised from the final try-outs at Provi- | dence Saturday. | Look for Track Sell-Out. | ’rHE men’s track anc field firals at | Randall's Island, New York, Sat- urday and Sunday, are slated to draw a sell-out crowd and make up the deficit of about $23.000 in that branch. The women's swimming finals at the New Astoria, Long Island, natatorium Appeals to Nation. i | are expected to pay off a $9,000 deficit. | §¢ Less is lopked for from the men’s | swimming finals at Warwick, R. I, but the clubs which have representa- tives are expected to furnish the $5,000 | needed for swimming and water polo. | The Rowing Committee also has | shifted the burden to the clubs and | colleges, asking them to supply $300 | apiece for the 32 oarsmen and coaches. The fencing squad probably will be | cut from 22 to 14, the men’s gymnastic squad may drop three of its members | and the pistol shooting team plans | one or two men, Field | hockey has a $4,000 deficit and no income, | WANT DIAMOND TRIP. | Manager Travis of the Kendrick Co. | ball team of Alexandria is trying to book an out-of-town game for his club | for next Sunday. His phone is Alex- ardria 1329. JULY 6, 1936. . 20 YEARS AGO | IN THE STAR ‘Washington lost the third game of its last four starts to New York, 9-1, the winners making most of their runs off Doc Ayers in two innings. The defeat leaves the Nats one and one-half games be- hind fourth place as the invasion of the Western teams begins. E. B. Eynon, jr, golf champion ol the District, set a new record fer Columbia Country Club course wh2n he negotiated the 18 holes in 75 strokes in the qualifica- tion round of the club tournament. Johnny Evers, captain of the Boston Braves, has beeh indefinite- ly suspended for creating a scene 4t the Braves’ park recently. Evers telegraphed an apology to Presi- dent John K. Tener, but the Na- tional League head refused to lift the reprimand and suspension. HITLESS PITCHING INCITY LOOP TILT Radio Shop’s Stockwell Is No. 5’s Master—Claren- don Resumes Lead. \WO Eastern High School pitch- ers played prominent roles in | the National City Junior Base | Ball League yesterday as one hurled a no-hit game and the other pitched his team back into first place. Walter Stockwell, George's Radio Shop, left-hander, was the lad credited | with the nearly perfect game, his own | error and two bases on Palls proving the medium through which only three of No. 5 Police Boys' Club got on bas!v‘ Stockwell also goi two of his team's nine hits as it won going away, 15-0. Jimmy DeChard, a schoolmate oll Stockwell, meanwhile was pitching the Pep Boys to a 13-2 victory over Clarendon, to enable his team to re- sume its position at the top of the standings. Outstanding games of the full day found Old Manhattan, District Gro- | cers and Jr. O. U. A. M. keeping step in Section B of the National City Un- place. Old Manhattan trimmed the D. C. Plumbers, 9-5; District Grocers walloped White Haven, 12-3, and the Jr. O. U. A. M. outslugged Ross Jew- elers, 11-8. % Blue Flames Advance. Trackmen Await Titantic Tests : Banner Olympia | the 400. “7HIL£ the idle Shady Grove Bar- becue nine remained at the top | of Section A, Blue Flame Valets took | advantage of the Heurich Brewers' in- | ¥ to trounce the Union Printers, | . and tie the Brewers for second | place. Other scores: NATIONAL CITY LEAGUE. o 10: Nationai Noveitv 8. NATI ITY JUNIOR LEAGUE. Simpsons. 2: Plood. West End Laundry. New Deal. 2. NATIONAL CITY MIDGET LEAGUE. Nation-Wide Gregers. 5: Tru-Biu Beer, 1, Regent Pastry. 15; Wizard, 4. Ve ; Takoma. 3. MONTGOMERY COUNTY LEAGUE. Gaithersburg, 4: Colesville. 3. ‘Takoma Tigers. 8. Rockville. 2 POLICE BOYS' CLUB LEAGUE. Home Theater, # 5 Police. 2 NT. Stevens Post. 4 Mount Rainier. 0. ge. 10, Virginia White Sii Premier Cab. 2 Chevy Chase Grays., 13; Mount Rainier Grays. 2 TORRANCE HAS TITLES. Jack Torrance, world record holder in the shotput, is also the Southern shotput, discus, 56-pound weight | throw and 16-pound hammer throw mental advantages. had no mentality 1o meet one of the strangest situa- tions that sport ever has known—a superman heavyweight at the age of | 21 or 22. He was not equipped, men- tally, to take charge of an ordinary situatjon, much less the unusual and amazing turn into which he was thrown. But if his physical and | nerve resources had not been depleted | badly, I still think he would have had enough margin in skill, punching | power and speed to get by. “To become a good fighter once | more Louis must recall St. Paul’s ad- monition to ‘endure hardness’ He| should rebuild himself in the woods for several weeks. Otherwise he will | be in for more trouble.” (Copyright, 1936, by the North Americaz Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) ington. They brought in 65 trout weighing up to 5 pounds, and nearly 200 hardheads. Most of them were caught around the Northwest Buoy. The weather disappointed most of the holiday anglers down on Chesa- peake Bay, according to Edgar Bowen of Solomons Island. Saturday the: wind was blowing up into what prom- ised to be a storm, and most of those holidaying there were not anxious to go out. A few did, however, and brought in, on the average, between 50 and 100 per boat. One boat had 175, but this was exceptional. Sunday morning it was raining there, but cleared up a little later in the day, and Capt. Langley’s party made a good trout haul—47 of them. Practically no rockfish were caught. It seems that the big school which was playing around Ceder Point all last week has gone on up into the Patuxent River. If they stay there then there should be some good angling up around Broomes Island and Benedict this week. ‘HE rocks have appeared again in the lower Potomac near Tall Tim- bers, and Mr. and Mrs, C. V. Willlam« son and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Krafch- mann caught 106 while out with Capt. ‘Walter Cheseldine of River Springs. At the War Department in the ord- nance division there is a clob which makes & regular trip to the bay each Thursday evening during the season. The club includes Charles Schneider, E. J. McCormick, John Schooley, Joe Brady and William H. Bauer, jr. Last week their trip was made from Sol- omons with Capt. Jack Taylor, and they caught 200 hardheads, 10 trout and a 10-pound sand shark. You never can tell what you will catch down there. Weather outlook for this week— Local showers today and rather gen- eral showers middle of week. Other- wise - generally fair. Temperature above normal first half of week, cooler Thursday and Fridsy. » king. SPORTS. i d Seen SINCE 1312 GAMES |Will Have Formidable Men in All Running Events Up to 10,000 Meters. BY ALAN GOULD, Associated Press Sports Editor. VEN with a reasonable mark- down on American Olympic prospects, prompted by the possibility of mishaps or the effect of a seagoing layoff, there is every reason to expect the United Btates to score more heavily in the track events this year than in any in- ternational games since 1912. At Stockholm 24 years ago wearers of the red, white and blue swept the | flat races from 100 to 800 meters, dominated the hurdles and otherwise figured strongly in foot racing at all distances. Thereafter Uncle Sam's performers, for one reason or another, began skidding to the point where they were lucky to capture one flat race, the 400 meters, in the 1928 games at Amsterdam. Only Ray Bar- buti’s headlong finish averted a shut- out that year. Home cooking and familiar sur- roundings, as well as better talent, stirred a rally at Los Angeles in 1932, But there were many disappoint- ments, the memory of which, our ex- perts think, may be wiped out this August—if all goes well. On the basis of startling perform- ances this vear, the U. S. A. is better equipped than at any time since 1912 to tackle the world's best—at all foot- racing distances from the sprints to the 10,000 meters. The amazing Jesse Owens, sup- ported by Ralph Metcalfe, a veteran of the 1932 Olympic wars, should whip all sprint rivals. His recent mark of 10.2 for the 100 meters, a world record, is reassuring. Stars Galore in 400. 'HERE are two other spectacular negroes, Archie Williams and Jim- my Lu Valle, from the West Coast, to support Syracuse's Eddie O'Brien in Williams has beaten the world record with a 46.1 performance ! limited League to remain tied for first | There’s Ben Eastman, another world record-breaker, for the 800. With A—11 Sece for U. S. YANKS STRONGEST son, out of competition, Eastman will be the Olympic favorite. America has at least a fighting chance in the classic 1500, if Gene | Venzke or Glenn Cunningham can reproduce some of their great races Indiana's Don Lash, by shattering Paavo Nurmi's world 2-mile record, projected himself into the battle for distance-racing honors, hitherto mo- nopolized by Finland. Britain and her far-flung empire, from all advance indications, will fur- nish the mein opposition for America in the middle distances. This includes the 400, 800 and 1500gmeters. The Olympic -champion, Italy’s Luigi Bec- cali, will be back for the “metric mile,” but it's significant that Jack Lovelock. the world’s most accomplished mil (in the opinion of most American ob- servers), has decided to train for the 15,000 meters instead of risking all | chance for Olympic victory in another duel with Stanley Wooderson, newest | British ace. Wooderson has beaten | Lovelock twice so convincingly that he | looms as the man for them all to beat in the 1,500. ! Distances Debatable. INLAND'S distance runners will be challenged not only by Lash, but also by Juan Carlos Zabala, the Ar- gentine who won the 1932 marathon. and a group of Japanese. Zabala will bid for 10.000-meter honors, beside trying to repeat in the marathon Lehtinen and Iso-Hollo, 1932 win ners in the 5000 and steeplechase, head the strong Finnish array. Unless the games unfold some sur- prises, America's only real opposition in the hurdles will come from Eng- land’s Don Finlay, an accomplished performer over the high sticks. The frequency with which such Americans as Forrest Towns of Georgia and hi. California rivals have been knock- |ing over world records has increased U. S. confidence, but it is well to re- member that accidents can upset any and all calculations in this specalty Glenn Hardin's return to form, for the 400-meter low hurdles, fortifies the Yanks in this event, won four years ago by Irgland’s Bob Tisdall. The Louisiana star likely will have strong support For the steeplechase we have the veteran Joe McCluskey. a point-win- [ncr in 1932, Nev eless, the Finns seem to have control of the steeple- | chase situation, judging from Euro- pean reports. BETHESDA JUNIORS WIN. With Bort pitching high-grade bal! the Bethesda Post American Leagu~ ned the Washingt England’s 1932 champion, Tom Hamp- | U. S. Olympie Track Pl;ospects UNITED 100 & 200 meters. Jesse Owens Metcalfe. 400 meters. LuValle, 800 meters. Beetham, Hornbostel Gene Venzke, Glenn Cunningham. 1,500 meters. 5,000 meters. Bright. 10,000 meters. Marathon. 110-m. high hurdles Staley. 400-m. low hurdles. Glenn Hardi, Robert Osgood. 3,000-m. steeplechase. Joe McCluskey. Archie Williams, Edci- O'Brien, Jimmy Ben Eastman, Cha -Don Lash, Norman Don Lash, Tom Ottey. Bill McMahon, John: Kelley, Ellison Br Forrest Tow: STATES , Ralph OTHER NATION® rchmyer, German; Yoshioka. Japan Grimbeek. 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