SPECIAL OLYMPIC GAMES TRYOUTS EDITION—IS CENTS
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Vol. XV
Los Angeles, California, Friday, May 23, 1924
Number 89
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7rojan Team Leaves Sunday For I.C.A.A.A.A.
LOCALS TO MAKE DEBUT IN EAST
Cromwell Takes Crew of Capable Athletes to Boston
BEST IN WEIGHTS
OLYMPICS REVIVAL OF ANCIENT GREEK GAMES
Original Festivals Were Held Every Five Years on Plains of Olympia
HELD IN HONOR OF ZEUS
Dope Gives Cardinal and Gold Good Chance To Cop
By MIKE ELWOOD
Varalty Mllrr who will mnkr the trip East with tb« Trojan Tram At eleven o’clock Sunday morning the Trojans will board the Santa Fe rattler for Boston and the Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships of the United States. The entrance of the Cardinal and Gold into this meet premier of all col-I e g e championships, places another strong Western contender in the association. Coach Dean E. Cromwell ii taking a team that for quality has never been surpassed at U. S. C. and for quantity, well look back into the glorious past of the Halls of Troy and try to find a dozen men capable of bringing home points in such high class competition. Coach Cromwell has built this team by making stars out of mediocre material and every loyal Trojan appreciates his work.
*U. S, C.’s best bet in grabbing points will be in the weights. Cap-lain Norman Anderson and Bud Houser are favored to Jand several points in both the shot and discus. Their major competition will be Hills of Princeton and Hartranft of Stanford. Bath men are competitive athletes with radiant opportunities for a berth to France
Mr. Cromwell has one athlete that has improved »o much that the dope-sters are confused. Leighton Dye, a fair high school athlete, a 15.8 second Frosh high hurdler, has reduced his time to fifteen seconds flat. He will be heard of a great deal in Boston. Coach Cromwell believes that Dye will grab off first honors at the Intercollegiate Championships.
Last year the quarter mile in the aforemention meet was won in 49.2 seconds. Do you recall the wonderful running of Martz and Torkelson at the A. A. U. championships three weeks ago? Both -men equalled the last season winning time. Trojans can safely bank on these men for points. Only the absolute absence of Lady Luck can keep these men from crossing the pond this summer. (CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGilT)
Hellenic Athletes Required to Train Ten Months in Preparation for Meet
By ALLEN MAINLAND, '26
The Olympic games which are attracting so much interest this year are a revival of an ancient Greek festival which was held once in five years on the plain of Olympia. As far back in Greek history as can be traced the Olympic games were always celebrated.
The festival was in honor of Zeus, the father of the Greek Gods. Originally only men of pure Hellenic blood were permitted to compete and women were forbidden to be present on pain of death.
The contestants were required to train for ten months in the gymnasium at Eiis prior to the games themselves, which lasted five days.
On the first day of the celebration the sacrifices were made and an orderly procedure settled upon. The boys occupied the position of honor on the second day. They engaged in running races, wrestling and boxing.
The principle day was the third, which was1 devoted to the contests of men in races, wrestling, boxing, the pankration and the pentathlon. The pankration was an exhibition of all physical exercises by one man. The pentathlon, almost the s&rne as ihe modern event called by the same name ,consisted of leaping, running, throwing the discus, throwing the spear, and wrestling. Another running event is now used instead of wrestling.
The fourth day of the ancient festival was given over to the horse races. Announcement of the victors and the celebrations connected therewith took place the final ^Liy. The victors were crowned with a^arland of wild olive and were held in great honor. In most of the Greek states they were exempt from all taxes and given a seat of honor at all assemblies. In Athens they were boarded at the expense of the city.
The list of victors begins with the year 7% R. C. and closes with the year 376 A. D. At that time the last Olympic festival was held and an institution that had lasted over a thousand years ceased.
The famous temples were destroyed by the Goths and no contests were held until the modern Olympic games were inaugurated through the work of Pierrei de Coubertin of Paris. He is the author of the revival fdea and the chairman of the Permanent Committee which superintends and develops
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SPEED DEMONS FORCE
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TRIANGULAR PACT IS SIGNED BYRIGIRREE
U. S. C., Stanford and California Get to Bottom of Athlete “Rushing” Situation
REMUNERATION LIMITED
Faculty Members and Coaches Not Allowed to Scout; Entrance Requirements Tight
By signing a triangular agreement last Saturday U. S. C., Stanford and California got to the bottom of the athlete “rushing' situation and came to an agreement on the question of eligibility. An eligibility board has also been created which will, to some extent, eliminate the annual wrangling over certain players participating in conference contests.
“Rushing", ct atnietes has apparently reached a stage where drastic
CHAMP AND ‘IRON MIKE’ TO PACK ’EM IN AT COLISEUM
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Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champion of the world and perhaps the biggest drawing card to an athletic event in existence, has offered his services to the local committee in charge of the Olympic Fund drive. At the Southwestern Tryouts to be staged in the Coliseum tomorrow, this notable will appear in one or two bouts against opponents who have known what it is to shine in the athletic firmament. “Phat” Willie -VIeehan of San Francisco, who is scheduled to take the most of “Iron Mike's” punches, will enter the ring with the satisfying knowledge that he is one of the few fighters who have humbled the great Jack with the padded gloves.	o--
The history of Dempsey's climb to lame is known where ever there are
enthusiasts of the squared circle, and a glance over his record fails to show many defeats. The chief events in the reign of uempsey as the king of the big fellows were the two inter-national bou«.s with Carpentier of France, and Firpo of Argentine. In
Rockne Teaches Class
At U.S.C. This Summer
Knute Rockne, famous Notre Dame football coach will aid Elmer C. Henderson at the summer session of the University of Southern California in conducting a course in football coaching, and according to generalissimo “Gloomy Gus,” will have complete charge of the grid instruction for
the second, third and fourth weeks of the session.
Henderson himself will conduct the class the first i week, and Coach |
Les Turner will put the mentors
through a (wo week^ period of bas-
ketball instruction concluding the six weeks 'bourse.
The great Rockne is not unknown on the Pacific Coast. His wonderful success as head coach at Notre Dame for many years has gained him an enviable reputation, and the announcement of his coming to U. S. C. to conduct the coaching school in
connection with Elmer C. Henderson was a signal for numerous inquiries from near ana far with the result that many applications for membership in the class have been filed at the University.
One of Rockne’s paramount achievements last year was the upsetting of all dope and the great blow dealt to Eastern critics when Notre Dame swamped the big Orange and Black Princeton squad beneath an avalanche of 25 points and got off to one of its most successful seasons. Knute Rockne is one of the most colorful and interesting men in football and his coming to the local campus for the summer session will be a big event to members eft the coaching class.
signing c|f the pact between Cal., Stanford and the Trojans, the Southern California conference institutions got together and drew up a similar agreement.
The outstanding features of the “Big Three' agreement are the limiting of remuneration to athletes for work paid for services rendered to any student organization to 50 cents sn hour or a total of $50 a month; the tightening up of entrance requirements to insure that all student athletes are qualified according to uni-Ajersity matriculation requirements; and the absolute barring of the faculty members and coaches from making vscouting trips and the solicitation of prep athletes.
ruling is ^necessary. Following the the first battle Jack met a man noted
for his clever fighting, while in the melee with the Argentiniaa, brute strength and hard hitting were encountered by the champion.
Dempsey today is considered by many as the greatest all around fighter that ever pulled on a glove. He proved that he could handle a fast and clever man when he vanquished the pride of France. In knocking out Firpo, he showed the world that he could stand terrible punishment, from one who knew how to inflict it, and yet come back and end the fight. His bout with Gibbons, while a bit disappointing because he did not dispatch the contender from St. Paul, proved that the only chance of staying iu a ring with him was to use defensive tactics. And this champion, whose fame will last as long as the fighting game itself, is to show his wares before the throngs that are expected to gather at the Coliseum tomorrow afternoon.
Not often is a bill offered the general public that includes performances by two world famous athletes. But tomorrow both the record breaking Charles Paddock and the king of swat, Jack Dempsey, will give their best to the attending throng. The fact that one is an amateur and the other an athlete will make it sure to And followers of both types of sport in the stands. While a good many people in Southern California have witnessed the feats of Sir Charles, few have been fortunate enough to see Dempsey in action. This opportunity is be1’nr offered tomorrow and at a price that is ‘far ffom restrictive.
FRED KELLY MANAGES LOCAL OLYMPIC TRIALS
Fred Kelly, former U. S- C. stellar hurdler and one of the greatest track men produced by the University of Southern California, has received the appointment of manager of the Olympic games tryouts to» be staged in the Coliseum. Saturday.
The local grad is greatly interested in the meet and is eager to have the support of Trojan students in putting the games across. Kelly shattered the 220 low hurdler mark of S. C. in 1916 and also grabbed off the Olympic games championship for that summer.
Although unable to compete himself in the present Olympiad, Kelly is eager to send many wearers of the Cardinal and Gold to the games.
MAT TOURNEY AT
3 O’CLOCK TODAY
Three o’clock this afternoon is the changed and correct time of the inter-class wrestling tounament to be h^ld at the gymnasium. The time was changed at the request of the entrants and according to manager A. G. Varney who had scheduled the affair for eight p. m. will probably work more or less of a handicap on some of the class teams, especially the Dental College representation but will be the most convenient for the majority of the classes.
Because of some little trouble of the classes in running off their elimination trials, a complete list of the entrants can not be given at this time.
According to dope, the seniors have been keeping their stuff under cover but-it is expected that Huston will be entertained in the 125 pound class, Buckley, captain, in the 135 pound division, Hess, with the *158 pounders and Oudermuelen among the light heavyweights.
Pharmacy has also held up its list of entries but it is known that Captain Johnson is a good light heavyweight and is lining up some good men 'to weigh in Friday.
WAMPUS ACCOMPANIES
ATHLETES TO CAMBRIDGE
Copies of the Midnight Number of Wampus, the 48-page special edition which will be distributed cn the campus Tuesday, will be rushed to the train Sunday morning so U. S. C.’s candidates for Olympic ^onors can enjoy .them while en route to Boston. Wampus is now on the press, and while the books going East will be first runs, they will be complete in every de tail-
10,000 METER RUN TO START MEET AT 1 P. M.
Trojan Athletes Entered in Every Event Except 10,000 Meter Race; Expected'to Cop Many First Places
By JACK OLDS Sports Editor of the Southern California Trojan Just three meals and a sleep and it is upon us!
It has been a -long wait—but it is here, and it will be four years till it comes again.
Impatient, eager and ambitious, 150 of the greatest athletes in the entire West await the starter’s gun in the Southern Pacific division of United States' tryouts for the team that will wear the American shield in the coming Paris Olympiad.
> Many local athletes are scheduled to write athletic history in the big Colombes stadium in France this year and several Trojan track men will be among the numbers who see the sights along the Champs-Elysees and strut on the Rue de Rivoli; consequently interest is running high on the local campus, and the quota of ‘student-rate” tickets allotted the University are going fast at the bookstore.
At one o’clock tomorrow afternoon it is expected that the largest throng that ever witnessed a track and field meet in the West will see the start of the 10,000 meter run with the muscles of great athletes straining to achieve the superhuman. And in this they will see determination personified, for the 10,000 meter run is an energy sapping event—it is an event where patience is a virtue, courage a reward and stamina a blessing. The swift and more thrilling events will follow.
When the 10,000 meter event is concluded and a grand review and parade of athletes headed by Mayor Cryer ;ind others of note has led the ‘knights of the cinderpath” around the giant oval the meet will be on in earnest
Six Local Sprinters Capable of Traveling Century Under Ten Second Mark
CHAS. AFTER NEW TIME
Former Trojan Has Made Brilliant Record on Cinder* in Past Few Years
One Olympic athlete stands out among the many entrants in tomorrows sport festival like a three-karat marvel stone on the index digit of a resident of Central Avenue—thr.: man is none other than the great Sir Chi'rles Paddock, acclaimed by experts to be the fastest human that ever laced on a spiked shoe. The fast Charley is conceded a splendid chance of shattering a world’s record in the tryouts Saturday ana for that reason is probably the greatest drawing card on the program.
Sir Charles has brought more athletic glory to .the Halls o»f Troy than any other single athleta. He has won numerous championships, established many records and in all has shown himself to be of the type that U. S. C is most proud of. But. this story is not to be o-' his character but of his H'.hletic performances.
Well, he raji 10.2 seconds for the 100 yard dash in prep school. Enough about bis early days. Charles made his first good showing at the Inter-Allied games of 1319. He won both the 100 and 20 meter events. He also ran on the world’s record making four-man 400 meter relay in this meet.
In 1920 Paddock was a member of the United States Olympic Games team and as such he won the 100 meter race and finished second in the 200 meter.
The Paddock of 1921 will live for years in the minds otf track enthusiasts. In March he equaled the world's record for the century dash on the Berkeley oval„ Later in the day he broke the world's record in the furlong by .4 second. The former record of 21.2 seconds was lowered to 20.8 seconds. Some day’s work, no? Three days later on the Stanford track he repeated his 9.6 second (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6)
It is hard to pick out a feature event for ^hey are all features. Probably the most interest is being centered in the appearance of the world’s heavyweight pugilistic champion in a special exhibition bout, but then there is the great Charley Paddock who will have a quintet of sprinters pitted against him any one of whom is capable of clipping off a century in under ten seconds, and still there will be the deadly rivalry of Daggs, Maxwell, Dye, Grumbles and other mighty timber toppers who are among the best in the business. All in all we are in for one big day tomorrow with each and every event worth the ^ price of admission.
Coach Dean B. Cromwell of the Trojan squad will have men entered in every event save the grueling 10,000 meter run, and in every number on the program the Trojans are doped to give the men from these (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)
ANTI - OLYMPIC SQUABBLE
HITS CRACK FIN ATHLETES
By JANNES F. ANDERSON
Just what bearing the Russian anti-Olympic games will have on the Paris Olympiad is problematical at this writing, but pt is apparent that the situation is not t° be passed lightly over. The Russian situation involves politics, matter of state and labor problems of major proportions and effects vitally Finland from whom the United States expects its
greatest competition.
Befbre the winter sports of the Olympic games started in France the labor parties of the Scandinavian countries inspired by Russia made a resolution demanding their respective athletic boards to stay away from the coming Olympic games as a demonstration against France end particularly the military party for not recognizing the act of disarming.
With the exception of Finland
where memories otf its internal war between the Reds and the Whites cannot be forgotten, the idea of not competing on account of the above mentioned reasons was not met with favorably, particularly after the Swedes
ing peace between nations and should not be looked upon in a political way. The Red Fins did not compete in the winter sports, but from what I can see from my old country papers they have come to an understanding which gives Finland five high point men to depend on in the track and field. But now comes the news that Russia is going to have anti-Olympic games in Mcscow for all nations in favor of the Soviet.
How that will efTect the Red Fins is the big question. This faction with its high scoring Olympic athletes is looking forward to the labor constitution as their saviour .and it is doubtful whether Finland can depend upon
had made it clear that athletics will (these five premier athletes for the in #the future be a means of promoi-{ Paris Olympiad this summer.