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Coach Farrell tested out a large proportion of his field event men yesterday afternoon with informal competitions in the hammer-throw, broad-jump, and high-jump. As had been anticipated Captain Brown again won an easy victory in throwing the hammer with L. K. Marshall '22 and H. S. Grew Jr. '24 his closest competitors. In the high-jump, however, J. M. Greely '25 caused surprise by defeating Malcolm Morse '24, one of the few University entries to score in the recent Intercollegiate meet in New York at the end of the winter track season. Morse tied for second place...
...last week of track before the spring trip will start today with a hard practice for both field event men and runners. Coach Farrell will hold competitions in the hammer-throw, the high-jump, and the broad-jump, while with the exception of the hurdlers all track men will take part in time trials for their events. The entire squad will practice within the Stadium for the first time this year. The running events were held on the Stadium track on Friday, but today is the first time that the ground conditions at the bowl end of the field...
Coach Farrell continued his series of informal competitions for the field event men, holding a contest in the hammer-throw. Captain Brown did not attend the practice, and in his absence L. K. Marshall '22, who secured second place in the competition on Monday, gained premier honors with H. S. Grew '24 and P. H. Theopold '25 winning second and third places respectively. On Monday there will be--more of these competitions in the high jump, broad jump and hammer throw as the final tuning up before the trials for the spring handicap on Tuesday. Several members of the Dartmouth...
...demonstrated an apparent superiority over the University entries by walking off with first, second, and fourth places; H. W. Davis '24 coming in third with J. S. Murphy '25 and J. M. Bruce '25 gaining first and second honors respectively. In the Shot-put Captain Brown who won the hammer-throw competition last Monday, again demonstrated his superiority among the Crimson weight men by getting the best distance, with H. W. Clark '23 second, and W. A. Gillette '22 third...
...afternoon to permit Coach Bingham to put his large squad of runners through the first real practice of the season. Seven new men reported for the University team and three for the Freshman, but Coach Tolbert is still in need of mere material for the yearling shot-put and hammer-throw. In the past it has been possible for men who are rowing to spend an hour or so each afternoon in track work and Coach Tolbert is sure that he can develop winning material in the weight events from inexperienced men if they are willing to practice regularly...