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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...hurdles Converse has done 15 3/5 seconds repeatedly, which is two-fifths of a second better than either Allcock of Cambridge or Garnier of Oxford have done this summer. Clapp should get the second place in this event, as he takes the hurdles more smoothly than the Englishmen...
Workman, the Cambridge captain, has recently cone a great deal of work in the half-mile run, and because of his wonderful ability to set a hard pace and keep a good reserve for a sprint, should win the event easily. He ran the distance last Saturday in two minutes flat without being hard pressed, and on the same day Boynton won the Harvard Yale trial in 2 minutes 1 1-5 seconds...
Yale won the University and Freshmen races at New London in June 27, Harvard winning only the four-oared event. After the races H. Bullard '02, of Dedham, Mass., was re-elected captain...
...hurdles will be a strong event. J. G. Willis '02 and J. H. Converse, 2nd, '02 together won 22 points in the two meets this spring. F. W. Bird '04, R. Abercrombie '03, and O. J. Ives 03 are the most promising candidates...
...Robinson '04 won third place in the shot-put at Mott Haven. No other point winner in either of the weight events will return. W. T. Piper '03 is the most promising candidate for the hammer-throw. E. M. Sawyer '04, A. Goodhue '04; and R. G. Hall '04 who were entered for the pole-vault in the dual games, should make that event stronger than it was this year...