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...best hurdler, in the first heat. T. O. Freeman '14 and E. F. Smith of Yale were the qualifying men in the other trial heat. It the final heat Jackson equaled the dual record; Captain Cummings took second place, while the Yale man won the remaining point. The furlong race over the timbers was one of the Harvard disappointments for in this race, Captain Cummings was the only man to place and took third...
...Cornell of Yale proved the most successful point-getter by winning both the 100 and 220-yard dashes. In the first race he was followed by his team-mate Rudell with W.B. Adams '13 third. The furlong race was more fiercely contested. It was the last race of the day, and by securing first and second Harvard might have tied the score, or, by winning all three places might have won. Tied for second place, W. B. Adams '13 and R. Tower '15, hurled themselves headlong toward the tape after Cornell, Adams going head over heels and almost into...
Cornell of Yale seems the most probable winner in the century and furlong dashes, although Rudell, his teammate and R. Tower '15 or W. B. Adams '13 will press him hard and may win either of these races...
...Gozzaldi and Abbot will be Harvard's best men in the 100, but it is not likely that either will be able to able to beat Brown of Pennsylvania, Bennett of Cornell, Robertson of Syracuse, or Thomas and Harland of Princeton. In the furlong dash de Gozzaldi will have a chance to beat these five for one of the four places. Captain Mercer of Pennsylvania will run in this event and is likely to take first place...
...Furlong, F.R.G.S., gave an illustrated lecture in the Union last evening, taking as his subject "Tripoli...