Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Saturday's University Handicap Meet in the Stadium was a day for the underdog, for only four men without the benefit of handicaps gained first places. With the advantage of handicaps the unfavored dominated the fifteen events...
...outstanding performance of the day was George Downing's shot put of 46 feet 8 inches which outdistanced the field desipte the lack of a handicap. John Herrick, also of the Varsity team and without a handicap, won first place in the discus. His distance was 149 ft. 9 inches...
Sparks Sorlein '38 also held off all handicap-hippers in the 220. His time 22.2s, was better than could do the two other scratch men, Torbert MacDonald '40 and Tudor Richards '38 who placed second and third. Freshman Don Donahue beat Mason Fernald '40 in the 220 low hurdles who started at scratch with him. His time was 24.9s. Fernald, however, had had his victory in the high hurdles which he covered in the good time...
Crimson trackmen get an early-season last today when they compete under handicaps in the University Handicap Meet at the Stadium. Weightmen contested their events yesterday afternoon, while 11 standard running and field events will be run off this afternoon. The pole vault, high jump, and broad jump start off the program at 2 o'clock...
With the weight events scheduled for this afternoon, the annual University handicap track meet gets under way today. Open to all members of the University, the meet has drawn a large entry list. Flat races, hurdle events, and the jumps will be held tomorrow afternoon...