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f ■ ■ . Big Teh, Pacific Coast Track Teams in Annual Meet Tonight t Ferry Field at Ann Arbor Site of Twelfth Encounter Between Two Conferences By LLOYD NORTHARD United Press Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 22.— The Pacific Coast Canference- track team rated a slight favorite today over the* Big Ten thinclads for Tuesday nights battle at Ferry Field. It will be the twelfth meeting between the two "conferences. The Pacific Coast athletes hold a seven to four edge in the competition to date. The bulk of the West Coast strength lies in the discus, shot put, pole vault and hurdle events, while the Big Ten plans to pick up valuable points in the dashes and distance races. Parry OBrien, Sim Iness and Jack Davis are expected to give the Pacific Coast four victories. OBrien holds the world record in the shot put. He tossed the 16-pound ball 59 feet, 2% inches this spring. His chief competition will come from Roland "Fritz" Nilsson of Michigan, who usually manages about 55 feet a toss. Set New Discus Mark Iness broke Fortune Gordiens world mark, in the discus Saturday in the NCAA track and field meet at Lincoln, Nebr., with a toss of 190 feet, % inches, which was three feet, iy8 inches over the former Minnesota stars record. OBrien and Nilsson should fight it out for the runner-up spot to" Iness in the discus throw. Davis, who finished second to Harrison Dillard in last years Olympic games in the high hurdles, is favored to defend his 1951 titles in both the low and high sticks. No meet was held in 1952 because of the Olympic trials. Davis won both the low and high hurdles at Lincoln Saturday, and OBrien won the shot put with a heave of 58 feet, 7*A inches. Willie Williams of Illinois is the Big Tens best bet for a double winner. He will run the 100-yard dash and the 220-yard dash, plus the anchor leg of the 440-yard relay. Williams has posted a :09.4 in the 100-year dash. In the longer events, Stacy Siders of Illinois is favored in the half-mile, John Ross of Michigan in the mile, and Rich Ferguson of Iowa in the two-mile. The teams should match points in the broad jump and the pole vault. Tom Floyd of Illinois is rated best in the broad jump on the basis of a 24-foot, 1-inch leap. Len Eilers of UCLA is favored in the pole vault. He has cleared the crossbar at better than 14 feet. Other events on the 16-event program include the 440-yard dash, the high jump, the 480-yard shuttle relay and the mile relay.
