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...pound, 22-year old future captain established a new Harvard record in the shotput at the Heptagonal Meet here this winter when he heaved the shot 50 feet, 8 inches. He had won both the discus and the shot in every dual meet this spring until Yale's Olympic stars, Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank forced him to settle for two thirds at New Haven Saturday...
Point-scoring Kirkland men included Jim Gabler and John House, who tied for second in the high jump; Bob Harlow, who was fourth in the broad jump; and Nat Howard, who was third in the discus and fourth in the javelin...
First place winners from the defeated Houses were Parker of Lowell in the high jump, Billows of Dudley in the broad jump, Cameron of Winthrop in the discus, and Wilson of Adams in the shot...
Those who scored for the Crimson besides Reed were: Dave Best and John Harrigan, who figured in a three-way split for first in the high jump; Jeff Tootell, who took thirds in the discus and shot; Harvey Thayer, who took a second in the 220 and a third in the quarter. Charlie Keith and John Holbrook, scored second and third place respectively in the javelin; John Thorndyke and Cogan, took seconds in the hammer and two mile respectively, and Jon Spivak and George Kumpel took thirds in the 100 and broad jump respectively...
Hope of gaining the anything near 60 points rests to a great extent on the Crimson weight men and javelin throwers. John Thorndyke, Howie Reed, and Larry Ward would have to sweep the hammer; Jeff Tootell and Don Trimble in the shot, and Tootell in the discus would have to wrest at least six points from Yale aces Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank; and Charlie Kelth and John Holbrook would have to win six or eight points in the javelin...