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...exceptionally fast time of 1 minute 16 3-5 seconds. Leness, who finished third, was the mainstay of the M. I. T. team last year and is known as one of the best middle distance runners in the east. W. H. Hulsman '29 granted a 15-yard handicap, was the second to cross the line. He ran on last year's Freshman relay team...
...Miller '27 flashed down the board runway to win the 40 yard dash even with no difficulty. The Crimson speed king covered the distance in 4 4-5 seconds. T. E. Dunn '29, with a handicap of three feet, was second, while Thomas Mason '30, star on the first year relay quartet, crossed the line in third place...
Hollis broke the University indoor high jump record with a six foot two inch jump. E. V. Renouf '28, with a three inch handicap, took second honors when he cleared the bar at five feet ten inches...
White made a 22 foot two inch leap, with a six inch handicap, in the broad jump. A. E. French '29, jumping scratch, was bracketed with Geoffrey Parsons '30, holding a two inch advantage, in a jump of 21 feet eight and one half inches. French again distinguished himself by winning the 16-pound shot put with a 45 foot three and a half inch throw, taking into consideration his six foot handicap. He had not practised during the winter training session. C. A. Pratt '28 and W. D. Ticknor '30 were next in line with throws of 43 feet...
...sport in particular. Professor Shepard thinks the whole trouble lies in our lack of a spirit of play. Business men for instance he claims play golf merely to keep fit for more business. What is important to them is not the actual play but the work of lowering a handicap...