CaribouJim
11-06-2013, 12:17 PM
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/longform/peacock/?sct=hp_wr_a1&eref=sihp
This "Longform" article in this week's SI is primarily about the duel between Jesse Owens and a relative unknown Eulace Peacock, but there are a few mentions of MU Alum and Olympian Metcalfe including a picture.
Foy Draper of USC, the 5-foot-5 world-record holder in the 100-yard dash, was in Lane 1. George Anderson, the long-legged 10.4 man from Cal-Berkeley, was in Lane 2. Owens, approaching the starting line in Lane 4, his spikes leaving tiny volcanoes in the parched soil, was probably most concerned about the man on his left, in Lane 3. Ralph Metcalfe had won silver in the 100 at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, and two straight AAU golds. “The clash in this AAU championships meeting was supposed to be Owens (the new star) v. Metcalfe (the champion),” wrote Neil Allen of the London Times.
I would dig a statue of Ralph somewhere on campus - if not in the Al, maybe the Valley Fields?
This "Longform" article in this week's SI is primarily about the duel between Jesse Owens and a relative unknown Eulace Peacock, but there are a few mentions of MU Alum and Olympian Metcalfe including a picture.
Foy Draper of USC, the 5-foot-5 world-record holder in the 100-yard dash, was in Lane 1. George Anderson, the long-legged 10.4 man from Cal-Berkeley, was in Lane 2. Owens, approaching the starting line in Lane 4, his spikes leaving tiny volcanoes in the parched soil, was probably most concerned about the man on his left, in Lane 3. Ralph Metcalfe had won silver in the 100 at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, and two straight AAU golds. “The clash in this AAU championships meeting was supposed to be Owens (the new star) v. Metcalfe (the champion),” wrote Neil Allen of the London Times.
I would dig a statue of Ralph somewhere on campus - if not in the Al, maybe the Valley Fields?