Word: dashings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...jump, high jump, and javelin throw, but their poor showing in the pole vault, and weight events showed the weakness of the Providence team. Captain John Collier of the Bruins, who is intercollegiate indoor hurdler, should top his event in the Stadium on Saturday, but Troy, Brown's leading dash man, will meet the strongest of competition...
...only Harvard entry to gain a point in the second day of the Penn Relay Carnival at Philadelphia last Saturday, his heave of 140 feet 9 inches winning him fourth place in that event. T. F. Mason '30 worked his way into the semi-finals of the 100-yard dash, but was eliminated by the exceptionally fast competition, the winner leading the field in 9.4 seconds...
...Helen Kane, star of "Good Boy", both of whom are in town. Whoever of these two acts in the capacity of official starter will stand in the middle of Holyoke Street and wave a crimson and white Harvard banner at the sign of which the two men will dash to their respective windows and begin their musical listening duel to see who is the first to go lunatic...
This year for the first time the 440 yard dash will be run in two separate races, the places to be determined by comparative times. In the past a large number of entries has resulted in serious crowding on the track. All events of shorter distance will be run off in the usual three heats, trials, semi-finals, and finals...
With all this material at his disposal, not to mention such promising Sophomore candidates as D. I. Cobb '31 in the middle distances, W. C. Rowe '31 in the relay, and A. L. Watkins '31 in the dash, Coach Farrell hopes to be able to develop a strong team. Commenting on the prospects for the 1929 season, the coach made the following statement: "The outlook for a successful year seems very bright just now. We must remember, however, that although we are strong, Yale also has one of the most powerful aggregations of recent years...