Word: dashings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bring their full forces for both meets. Arthur Porritt, the sensational New Zealand sprinter will be somewhat delayed by late examinations but will arrive in New York at least two days before the games. Porritt has the distinction of having broken the English intercollegiate record in the 100-yard dash which had stood for over 70 years. He accomplished this feat during a snow storm in the Oxford Cambridge meet in March, running the distance in 9.9 seconds. He is also a hurdler and captured second place in both hurdle events in the same meet...
...Wednesday he took first in the discuss throw and captured the rest of the weight events yesterday by winning the shot put and the javelin and hammer throws. A. H. O'Neil '28 was another high scorer with first places to his credit in both the 220-yard dash and quarter mile...
...other events were won by L. D. Brayton '28 in the 100-yard dash W. I. Taylor '28 in the mile F. B. Clark Lutmann '28 in the mile F. B. Clark '28 in the pole vault and H. C. Ms comber '28 in the high jump...
...award the major "H" to all men who placed in the recent I.C.A.A.A.A. indoor meet in New York. Those who were given their letter under this vote are: S. R. Jones '27, for placing third in the high-jump; A. M. Miller '27, for winning the 70-yard dash; J. S. Murphy '25, for placing fourth in the running broad jump; and L. W. Ryan '26, for placing in the two mile run. The other men who placed in the intercollegiates have already won their major letter...
...Miller, Fletcher, Tibbetts, Allen, Kane, Watters, Lundell, Chapin, Cutcheon, Berglund and Captain Dunker. Rumors have been afloat during the past week of remarkable performances these athletes were turning in on the board track at Soldiers Field. The one about Miller breaking the world time in the 70-yard dash on the M. I. T. track is known to be authentic. Fletcher, the hurdler who broke into fame last week, has shown by the consistant repetition of his world record performance that the stopwatches at Mechanics Hall were not at fault...