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...Finlayson '32 won the handicap weight throw yesterday afternoon bringing to a close fall track activities. The event was open to all members of the University, but due to the nearness of the Christmas recess, only a few men participated. The outstanding feature of the event, however, was the showing of the Freshman material which had its first opportunity to demonstrate its worth in competition...
Finlayson, a member of the Freshman football team, threw the 35 pound weight a distance of 41 feet, 4 inches including a handicap of 20 inches. Second place was won by H. L. Movius '30 with a throw of 39 feet, 4 inches including a 24 inch handicap, while A. H. Crimmens '32 placed third with a heave of 39 feet including a 4 foot handicap...
...major sport, too, is still untouched by this new class spirit. Track continues to attract its ten thousands, perhaps to a great extent by means of the ubiquitous intramural handicap meets. With a fertile field of enthusiasts already engaged in this sport, there is no reason why the coming spring should not carry the individualism of the handicap meet and medal through to its logical conclusion of team development. The throng of not-quite-first-stringers that are carried along semi-officially through the season is particularly large in this sport, which alone among the five major athletic activities offers...
...handicap 35 pound weight throw open to all members of the college and graduate schools, with medals to be awarded for the first three place winners, will be held in the old baseball cage tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. This event will officially close the 1928 season, although required Freshman track work and unofficial workouts will be in order until the beginning of the Christmas recess...
Harvard has always been under a handicap in any form of rifle meet because of the fact that most colleges have R. O. T. C. infantry units which spend much time in rifle practice, while at Harvard the unit is an artillery one where little opportunity is given for rifle practice. In order to overcome this handicap, the rifle club plans to hold practice shoots at the range in Arlington throughout the winter, or as long as the weather conditions will permit...