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Georgetown places its hopes on a small squad of 21 men, but this confidence appears justifiable when one scans their list of entries. At the head of the list comes Emerson Norton, who finished second to Osborne in the Olympic decathlon last August. Norton is almost undoubtedly the greatest all round athlete in college ranks today...
Meanwhile Harold Osborne and Emerson Norton had clinched the Olympic title for the U. S. with top places in the decathlon...
Final Day. Ugo Frigerio, Italian pedestrian, strode in from the 10,000-metre walk with his country's first score. Osborne of America took the decathlon with a world's record point total. Clarence Houser's discus hurtled and ten more points were chalked up for the U. S. Four U. S. quarter-milers broke the world's 1,600-metre relay mark and four U. S. sprinters the 400-metre relay mark-20 more points. Nurmi, Ritola and their Finnish friends were not pressed for the 3,000-metre relay...
...Decathlon: H. M. Osborne, Illinois A. C., 7350.11 points. ¶1220-yard dash for women: E. E. Edwards, England, 27 sec. ¶ High jump for women: Katherine Lee, Chicago, 4 ft. 10% in. ¶Broad jump for women: Helen Filkey, Chicago, 16 ft. 6% in. ¶1440-yard relay for women: Eastern team of Misses McCartie, Adams, Kirk, Fisher...
...with the aim of making it the most complete athletic event ever held in the Northeastern Department. Trials in the various posts and forts have resulted in the choice of 125 competitors who are entered in the regular list of events, which will include the 400-metre relay race, decathlon, pentathlon, 5000-metre run, tug-of-war, and javelin throw. Five-men teams will also run in a 3000-metre contest...