. By Bob Robinson
Emerald Sparta Editor
i’rom the looks of pant reconls thin season it appears as
though the Southern Division of the Pacific Coast conference
is going to walk off with most of the marbles in this Saturday’s
PCC track and field meet at Seattle.
Southern performers have recorded far better marks than
Northern Division competitors in nearly every event. Peren
nials champion, Southern California, has the best records in
seven of the fifteen events that will he on the program. Cali
fornia and Stanford boast three top marks each and UCLA and
Washington, one.
The Trojans have top notch performers in the 100, 220, 440,
broad jump, high jump, discus and the mile relay. California
has the top men in the 880, pole vault and shot put. Stanford’s
bests are in the high hurdles, low hurdles and javelin. UCLA
has the top mile run time and Washington has recorded the top
two mile time.
Bob Gary Best Bet
From the looks of things now, it seems like sprinter Hob
Cary of \\ ashington State has the best chance to break the SI)
monopoly. Cary’s 9.6 clocking for the 100 in last weekend’s XI)
meet is equal to the best time of Joe (irafio of L’SC. However,
tirafio has an unofficial time of 9.4 seconds with the wind. In
the 220 Howard liugbec of USC and Gary have recorded 21
flats in official times while Crafio and Bugbee have hit 20.6
and 20.7 unofficially.
In the 440 the Southern Division seems to he far and away
the best. Jim Lea of l SC, Steve Turner of California, Mike
Larrabee and Rod Wilger of USC, Dan Timmerman of Cali
fornia, Fred George of Stanford, Walt Garrett of Stanford and
Howard Smith of I SC lia\e all recorded better times than Ore
gon's Fred Jacobs hit in bis best performance of the .Northern
Division meet. Lea, the defending champ, has the best tine of
47 flat.
The same situation exists in the 880 with seven men from
California schools having better marks than Hill Link of Wash
ington State who has been the X’D’s best. Lon Spurrier with
a 1:52 to his credit and teammate Ed Wilson with a 1 :5.I have
led California at\d the SI) all season long in their specialty.
Close Mile Run
Larry Carter of l C LA ha* the i>e-1 mile time with 4:14. He
is closely followed by Marty Montgomery of USC with a
4:112 ami Lcn Simpson of California with a 4:14.9 clocking
last Saturday.
Meyer’s time of 9:17.5 for the two-mile stands as the best so
far recorded. Hob Hunt of UCLA has gone the distance in
9:18 7 for the second best mark. Oregon’s Wayne Reiser, who
upset Meyer last weekend with a time of 9:24.7, should have
a good chance of placing high in this race.
In the 120-yard high hurdles Gerry Wood of Stanford has
bit 14.1 and Will Wright of USC has a 14.2 to his credit. Don
Chambers of OSC will have only an outside chance with his top
time of 14.8.
South Dominates Hurdles
The SI) will also have overwhelming favorites in the low
hurdles. Jim Luttrell of Stanford has run the distance in 2i5
and Dave Rosellini of UCLA has hit 23.7. Bob Ledbetter of
.Washington could have a chance. His best time is 23.8.
John Arnett of the Trojans ha* the best broad jump recorded
with a leap of 24’5'\ Dale Skartvedt of Washington is the sec
ond best with 23'4”. Hen Johnson of Oregon would have to im
prove on his last week’s jump if he was to have a chance in
this event.
Ernie Shelton of USC is just about a shoo-in in the high
jump. Shelton’s best jump of 6’9%” is more than three inches
better than the second best jump. Hob l aucett of Oregon with
a top leap of 6’4" could give the Ducks some points here if he
can come up with a top performance.
In the pole vault both Larry Anderson of California and Walt
Levak of USU have gone over 14 feet and it appears that the
ND vaulters may get shutout in this event unless they can
vastly improve by Saturday.
Could Sweep Shot Put
The Southern Division appears to have a sweep of the shot
put in sight. Nine SD men have lift better distances thau Duane
Wardlow oi Washington with John Stellern of California hold
ing the best thrdhv of 55’4’V
Leon Fattcrson and D^s Koch of Southern Cal are the top
men in the-discus. Patterson has the best toss of 178'8”. Ward^
low and Dean Parsons of the Huskies are the only threats from
the ND.
Leo Long of Stanford is by far the classiest of the javelin
throwers. Long has a 233’11” throw to his credit and no one
else in either league can approach it. Jerry Church of OSC with
a best of 216’lt” could give the Beavers some strength here.
Southern Cal looks like a cinch to win the mile relay. The
Trojans have covered the distance in the tremendous time of
3:12.7, which is almost four seconds better than the next best
clocking. California has a best time of 3:16.1 and Stanford is
close behind with a 3:16.3.
Trojan Cinder men Favored
Over PCC Foes at Seattle
The mighty.Southern California
Trojan/f, *1M by two state of Wash
ington athletes anxious to show
their wares to the “native folk,"
are top-heavy favorites to win the
Pacific Coast Conference track
and field meet at Seattle this
weekend.
The form chart, which has been
known to be wrong before but
hardly enough to upset the Tro
jans, gives USC 79 points, far
ahead of second-place California
with its 50 points.
With the Men of Troy a virtual
cinch to romp home with team
honors for the fourteenth straight
time, attention will center on the
individual entries and events. Two
of the most closely watched ath
letes will be Jim Lea, SC’s ace
quarter.miler from Seattle, and
Des Koch, their great discus
thrower from Shelton, just a hop,
skip and Jump from Seattle.
Lea After Record
Lea, defending national cham
pion in the 440, will be aiming for
the 13-year-old record held by
Grover Klemmer of California,
and the experts say he might get
it with good weather. Klemmer
ran the distance in 46.4 seconds,
while Lea's best 1954 time is 47
seconds.
Lea rules a slight favorite in
the 220-yard dash, too, although
Northwest fans think that Wash
ington State's Bob Gary might
beat him to the tape.
Koch should win the discus, ac
cording to the form chart, al.
though his best 1954 throw of 177
feet, 5inches has been topped
by a teammate, Leon Patterson.
Koch is the more consistent of the
two and many track experts hail
him as the nation's best collegian
in the event.
Shelton Favored
Another Southern California
performer, Ernie Shelton, will seek
the world's first seyen-foot high
jump in the conference meet.
Shelton has gone 6 feet, . 9.V.
inches this year and will make a
strong bid for the seven-foot
V
Jump as well as the PCC record
of 6 feet 9 inches set by Oregon's
L<e» Steers in 1941.
USC and their Southern Divi
sion mates are expected to dom
inate the meet to the extent that
only one Northerner is favored to
win a first place.
That's Washington’s- two-miler,
Denny Meyer, and he must return
to early-season form to top a
classy field. Meyer has been beat,
en on two successive weekends, but
his best performance of' 9:17.5
marks him as the favorite. Stead
ily-improving Bob Hunt, UCLA,
has turned in a 9:18.7 two mile
and is Meyer’s prime threat. The
Husky runner, incidentally, never
has won the event in a conference
meet and is out to whip that
“jinx.”
Gary a Threat
Aside from Meyer, the North
west's hopes lie largely in the per
sons of Gary, a threat in both
sprint races, and Parrold Skart-,
vedt, Washington broad jumped,
SJcartvedt is defending PCG cham
pion but doesn't figure to outleap.
a USC sophomore, Jon Arnett. Ar^
nett has jumped a foot farther
than Skartvedt this spring.
The weekend meet will be the
last for Washington's retiring
coach, Hec Edmundson, who by a
natrow margin of one point lost
the Northern Division title last,'
Saturday at Pullman. Edmundson
is finishing up his 35th season at
the Pudget Sound institution and'
will be honored Friday night "by a ’
testimonial dinner in Seattle ab«;
tended by the conference coaches,»
’ former Washington basketball (
and track stars, sportswriters and
fans.
Although Hec’s Huskies are far *
I out of the running for team hon
! °rs, they figure to pick up more '
' points than any of the other North
west schools.
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