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Local Thine ladsDean Detton Is Backbone Of Farmer Distance MenBy TOM MARTINs'= ;An outstanding* track stalwart :• oh Coaph John McIntyre’s vars-ity'.-cinder squad is husky, good ; Rooking Dean Detton Jr. Dutton,:tson. of the well known local■ rassle'r, is the kind of athlete any ‘ ■Cppeli .’would desire. Pie is ibig, jbwerlul, and lias the will to• Win, - and usually does.: ^.UeUon is only a. junior this■ year and possesses the ability to /•^pre highly in the 441) yard run ^ abd-^the discus. At’ last year's j AGAI#. trials Dean toured the* qiiavter-ftiile in 54 flat but ww beaten, by many of the betler-. tKarv-aVej,age-440 men who terrorized-. the league last season.■ whose hobby is photography, relates his/host embarrassing: experience while laking pari in the gruelling sport. The incident Occurred ■ while he was ’compel-.; mg in one of his .first, races, thrf 330 yard dash. A Her negotiating, the* first turn, a funny sensation hit the youth, he-looked! down, and low. and behold—no shorts! The durn things had slid off, leaving..the mighty Detton blushing with terror, _; Detton this year is one of the high* scorers on the varsity squad, arid he hat only competed in two •of the four meets this season. DurMERESing the Farmer’s ill-fated encoun-; ter with, the powerful Yellow jackets of Berkeley, Dean scored eight points, more than the rest of the' Farmer team put together. It was on this day tit at he took, the only first place the Ilaywardites could manage to squeeze out of the well conditioned Yellowback -els.He is not only a good athlete but is also one of Hayward high’s better scholars. He expects to enter college after'receiving his diploma and wants to study either oentistry or law.He was a member of last year's Fawner relay team which captured a fifth place in the ACAL. On his first ait erupt at the two furlong distance this year, Detton sprinted to a 54,4 victory. He then proceeded to heave the discus out around 113 feeL He also earned his varsity letter last year, his sophomore year.Looking at some of Dutton's physical qualifications, they go somewhat like this: 17 years of age, ICO muscular pounds, 5 feet 10 inches of dynamic powerblond hair and brown eyes. .With a little more experience and conditioning, which Coaehes McIntyre and Sanders are capable of bringing out, Detton could become one of the belter prep runners in the state.Only four cities in Mexico have a larger Mexican population thanSan Antonio, Tex. A third of San Antonio’s citizens, more than 100,-000, arc of Mexican or Indian origin. ‘
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Hayward Daily Hayward Review
Hayward, California, US
Mon, Apr 04, 1949
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