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Harvard won six of eight field events, piling up a 54-18 edge in the process, and captured 18 of the 24 places in the events. Captain Dick Benka, ending his career in magnificent style, was the winner of the meet's outstanding performer award as he captured both the shot put (56 ft. 4 1/2 in.) and the discus (179 ft. 6 in.). His toss in the discus set a Harvard-Yale meet record...
...discus is the only weight event in which Yale will be a threat. Its top man in the event, Tom Neville, has thrown the platter past the 170-foot mark this season, further than any Crimson thrower. Harvard captain Dick Benka, however, edged Neville for second place in the Heps with a throw of 169 ft. 1 in., barely a foot shy of Neville's best career throw...
...Benka, Charlie Ajootian, Ed Nosal, and Richard Szaro, the Crimson is expected to dominate the rest of the weight events, but Yale should have an effective counterpunch with its running superiority, especially in the dashes...
Reliable captain Dick Benka easily captured the shot pat with a toss of 55 ft. 7 in., nearly three feet ahead of teammate Charlie Ajootian, the runner-up. Both performers picked up more points for the Crimson later when Benka finished second in the discus throw and Ajootian came in fourth in a closely-contested hammer throw won by Harvard sophomore Ed Nosal. Only 2 1/2 feet separated the top four finishers...
...weight events, Charlie Ajootian captured the hammer throw with a 179 ft. 8 in. heave, Dick Benka won his expected shot put victory (56 ft.). Frank Champi turned in a winning 210 ft. 6 in. javelin toss, and Bruce Hedendal outthrew all of his rivals in the discus...