Athletics of To-Day 1929

330 Athletics of To-day Plate 6r) who was a bit younger, and John Kuck, Wilson's High School, Kansas City (No. 2, Plate 6o), who was younger still. The first two and Glen Hartranft (No. r, Plate 59) were to be the" big bets" for America at the Paris Olympiad, 1924. Kuck was to be kept for rg28. Before ever the American Team embarked for France the new generation had made its mark. Clarence Houser took the A.A.U. title at 46 ft. rr! ins. in rg2r, and Glen Hartranft the Inter-Collegiate title, 1922, at 48 ft. 6! ins. ; he was displaced in 1923 by R. G. Hills, 47 ft. 8! ins., but made a new Inter– Collegiate record of 49ft. Si ins. in 1924. The stage was now set for Paris, and Hills won the A.A.U. Outdoor Championship at 46 ft. s! ins. and the indoor title with a new record of 47 ft. rrt ins. The American Olympic trials that year produced amazing results-Houser 49 ft. rr! ins., Hartranft 49 ft. ol in., Hills 49ft., and Anderson 48ft. 8 ins. All four had beaten the best achieved by PorhoHi at Antw rp, while Liversedge, third at Antwerp, could get no nearer than sixth at 47ft. 3 ins. in the 1924 U.S.A. trials. There was no doubt about the Americans being after the blood of the men who had beaten them in 1920, and in no other country had a national title been won at any– thing like Liversedge's ixth place distance, although E. Niklander, Finland, and Bertil Jansson, Sweden, both did a little better than 46 ft. At Paris, Niklander, second at Antwerp, could get no nearer than sixth place, with a put of 46 ft. 9-/-r; ins. No record was broken, but the standard of performance had increased consid rably which, together with the keenness of the com– petition, is proved by the following statistical results: r. C. Houser, U.S.A. 2. G. Hartranft, U.S.A... 3· R. H. Hills, U.S.A. 4· K. J. Torpo, Finland s. N. Anderson, U.S.A. . . 6. E. Niklander, Finland ft. ins. 49 2f 49 2 48 0 5"!' 47 41 46 ro11 46 9 5