Peering over sunny Edwards Field at Berkeley, Calif. last week, 15,000 pairs of curious eyes strained to see the University of Southern California's track team defend its National Collegiate Athletic Association title. They expected Stanford, whom the Trojans had already vanquished in a dual meet and in the Pacific Coast Conference championships, to take second place. They expected to see Johnny Woodruff, long-striding University of Pittsburgh Negro, break the N.C.A.A. record for the half-mile. They expected old Amos Alonzo Stagg, now coaching football at the College of the Pacific, to officiate...
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