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Phil Pratt throw the discus 140 feet 3 inches to take an important first, while Bob Mello scored eight points by taking the pole vault and a second in the broad jump...
...field events appear considerably weaker. Dick Barwise won't compete in the high jump, and the discus, javelin, and hammer are of questionable strength. Brown has strong men in the shot and hammer and should be able to score heavily in these events. Bob Mello, however, won't have much competition in the pole vault and should be able to combine with Gelck for the first two places in the broad jump...
Mikkola was an outstanding Finnish athlete, competing in both track and skiing events in the Olympics. He held several records in his main events, particularly the discus event and cross-country skiing, although he has competed in all track events...
...Tennessee he went Kappa Sigma, high-jumped, set a local discus record and played tackle on the varsity football squad. He was a good campus politician and was elected president of the student body. After getting his A.B. (in 1924), he taught math and coached football for a year in a high school at Hot Springs, Ark. One day he told a friend: "If I go on to be a football coach, I'll be through at 40. I'm going to Yale and be a lawyer...
...bulk of the team traveled to Dublin two days later to compete in an open meet and a scheduled-meet between Queen's College of Belfast and Trinity College of Dublin at Belfast the following night. Al Wilson won the shot and discus in both meets. Mello in the pole vault, Grutzner in the 440, Sid Williams of Yale in the high hurdles, George Dole and Frank Effinger of Yale in the middle distances, and George Hipple turned in winning performances during the three days of track meets...