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...Baton Club...
...hard-pressed in his campaign for the Republican nomination to be senator. He was running against a Taft, his administration had run into some financial scandal, and he was pushing "law and order" issues hard, brandishing the National Guard at campus demonstrations like a new, improved version of a baton belonging to the OSU marching band. With the university president out of town, he sent the Guard to Kent State to restore order...
...this relay, the baton squad had trouble starting off, falling back a bit after John Maggio's opening leg. Steve Brown held his own, handing off to Joel Peters, who chopped a few feet off of Army's ten-yard lead. Then strong man Leone took off like a bullet, whittling down a ten yard lead, and then passing his Army rival near the finish...
Weinbel sent all three of his relay teams to Penn, so it appears that Stowell might have to do some juggling to keep pace with the Hanover baton men. The Dartmouth coach has a 440 outfit which is capable of hitting 42.5 in the quarter. However, the squad failed to place at the Philadelphia relays...
...showcase carnival has always pulled in the best runners around. But what makes them come every year? The Penn Relays have always been some sort of dream for all runners. Every trackman always has the same image in mind of coming around that 330 yd. mark, with the baton in hand, listening to those 50,000 fans cheer him on. It's this one moment of glory that keeps the good runners coming in year after year, and will keep them coming as long as the carnival lasts...