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Next afternoon Johnson took a third in the hurdles. Then, in the process of taking first place in the discus throw, he reinjured his left knee. Even so, he placed second in the pole vault, third in the javelin throw. But he dropped far back in the grinding 1,500-meter run. Though he had failed to break his own world's record, Johnson's final total of 7,754 points made him an easy first. Behind him, Navy's Milt Campbell scored 7,555, the Rev. Bob Richards 7,054. For the first time in history...
Captain Art Siler, IC4A discus champion, will be the only Crimson entrant in the annual New York Athletic Club meet in New York tomorrow. Tuesday, he and Pete Harpel, the team's standout hammer-thrower, will enter the New England AAU meet in Needham...
Siler won the discus by a toss of 160 feet, 5 1/2 inches. In the shot put Siler pushed the ball 48 feet, 2 2/3 inches, eight feet short of Bantum's winning effort...
...other double winner in the meet was Joe Herlihy of Lowell, who took two of the field events, which were held Monday morning. He threw the 12-pound shot 49 feet, 9 1/2 inches, and the discus, 125 feet, 9 inches...
Captain Art Siler ended the season undefeated in the discus, beating Yale's Dick Winterbauer. He also placed second to Winterbauer in the shot...