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However, on the basis of past performances, Yale has the better team. Headed by Captain Brandenburg who is credited with a discus throw of 15 feet further than the best throw of T. H. Alcock '29, the Eli squad presents an imposing array of talent; Kieselhorst and Engle in the runs, Connor and O'Gorman in the weight events, and Sturdy and Pond in the pole vault, are the outstanding luminaries of the team, and have an excellent chance of hanging up some dual records in their particular events...
...yards in 10s, the 220 in 21 7-10s, the quarter in 49s, the two miles in 9.54 7-10, the low hurdles in 23 3-5s, the shot at 44.5 1-2, the hammer at 165.2 1-2, (breaking a record of 25 years' standing), the discus at 135.7 1-4 and the pole vault at 13.4. Furthermore, two other Yale vaulters cleared 12.5, and its best high hurdler was a scant three yards behind Ben Hedges, the great Princeton captain, in 15s. Therefore it requires no expert to appreciate the magnitude of the task confronting...
Yale likewise boasts several outstanding athletes in the person of Avery and Taylor. The former, although incapacitated by a leg injury from taking part in the pole vault, his best event, is nevertheless good for a 130 foot throw in the discus. Taylor attains a 130 footmark in the hammer throw consistently...
While it concedes first and second in the broad jump to French and Rowe of Harvard, and expects Moore and Harding of the Crimson to take the first two places in the javelin, the Blue is looking for a clean sweep in the pole vault and discus throw with Sturdy and Captain Brandenburg winning these last two events...
...Discus throw--Won by Tyler (D), 132ft. 4 in.; second, Rich (D), 125 ft. 1-2 in.; third, R. T. Maynard...