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Howie Reed's 160 feet, 9 1/4 inch victory in the hammer throw provided one of the biggest upsets at the IC4-A track and field championships held Friday and Saturday in New York. Four Crimson entries managed to pile up 12 points and thereby capture seventh place against some of the toughest college competition in the country...
...income in rental. The average wheat crop is about four bushels per hectare (the U.S. average is 45 bushels). The soil is badly eroded. The tenants have never heard of insecticides; few know of any fertilizer other than manure, which they rarely use. They cannot afford plows; instead they hammer at the wretched soil with picks...
...speech after the banquet coach Jaakko Mikkola revealed that he plans to break in Geoff and Don Trimble in the weight and hammer next year. The graduation of John Thorndyke, Larry Ward, and Bob Forsyth this spring and Howie Reed next February will leave the Crimson weak in the hammer, which has been its strongest event this season...
Freshmen Dave Cairns, Dave Grutzner and Charlie Durakis received special awards at the banquet, as did javelin thrower Charlie Keith and hammer man Forsyth...
...high jump; Jeff Tootell, who took thirds in the discus and shot; Harvey Thayer, who took a second in the 220 and a third in the quarter. Charlie Keith and John Holbrook, scored second and third place respectively in the javelin; John Thorndyke and Cogan, took seconds in the hammer and two mile respectively, and Jon Spivak and George Kumpel took thirds in the 100 and broad jump respectively...