. 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