Word: fitzgeralds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...annual Heptagonal Games in New York were tragic. Depived of Fitzgerald and Jack Benjamin, who incurred what seemed to be stress fractures, the Crimson placed no one higher than 20th...
...triumph against UMass was convincing, but it was obvious that the Redmen had been highly overrated. Running without its ace, Jed Fitzgerald, the Crimson romped...
...over Penn and Columbia, following a crushing 18-51 loss to Brown, was fairly impressive, however. Competing against Penn's Ernest Tracy and Roy Rissinger, two of the East's better runners, the varsity rose to the occasion and whipped the Quakers, 23 to 43. Columbia trailed with 74. Fitzgerald, after coming in 13th against the Bruins, rallied for a fine second-place showing and almost caught Tracy with a stirring last-mile charge...
Ironically, one of the team's really fine efforts of the year came in defeat. In wet, miserable weather at Hanover, the Crimsan staged a rally that almost caught the favored Dartmouth squad. Fitzgerald, running on a severely injured leg, took second behind the Big Green's Tom Laris. However, this performance finished him for the season with an inflamed Achilles tendon...
...Fitzgerald will lead the returnees in 1960. Before his injury, he had become the balance wheel of the squad, and he will be a fine captain next fall. Mark Mullin, who became something of a leader in Fitzgerald's absence, and freshman Ed Hamlin, the only bright light in a dismal Yardling season, will complete next year's big three...