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...broad jump and the pole-vault. In the 100-yard dash the possibilities are W. B. Adams '13, K. S. Billings '12, P. G. M. Austin '13, and J. I. Abbott '14. Adams with more experience and coaching is the most likely, though Abbott should improve greatly. In the furlong Billings, Adams, Abbott, and F. J. O'Brien '14 look the best in sight. O'Brien should, if in good health next year, develop rapidly...
...both his trial and final heats of the shorter dash in 9 4-5 seconds. The officials were doubtful whether the first mark should stand as equalling the record, for a slight wind was blowing behind the runners. The time of the final heat was unquestionable. In the furlong final Craig equalled the second of B. J. Wefer's sprinting records, breaking the tape in 21 1-5 seconds. The intercollegiate quarter-mile record of 48 4-5 seconds, made by J. B. Taylor of Pennsylvania in Cambridge four years ago, was equalled by D. B. Young of Amherst...
...yard dash will not concern Harvard to a great extent. First in this and the furlong will probably go to Craig of Michigan. Minds of Pennsylvania, Cooke of Princeton, Ford of Cornell, and Reilly of Yale will probably fight it out for the other places in the shorter distance. Ross of Michigan is an unknown quantity and may score. In the 220 dash Ford, Cooke, Bleistein of Yale, and Bennett of Cornell will look after the second, third and fourth places...
...Billings '12, with 2 yards handicap, won the 100-yard dash in 10 seconds, and running from scratch broke the tape in the final heat of the furlong dash in 22 2-5 seconds. In the quarter, half, and mile runs, the handicaps were too large for the scratch men to do better than secure second places. B. M. Preble '12, starting from scratch in the 880, covered the distance in approximately 1 minute, 56 seconds, and H. P. Lawless '13, scratch man in the mile, went the four laps in 4 minutes, 28 seconds...
...Furlong found no clew to the position of the boat in documents, but from a chance acquaintance, whose father had seen the event. There remained of the hull only the ribs and keel two fathoms deep in sand and covered with fossilized matter