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Dating from today the cage at Soldiers Field will be heated, and all candidates for the high-jump, shot-put, hammer-throw and pole-vault will hold regular practice there Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting tomorrow. This practice will be in addition to the work in the Gymnasium. The cage will be available for practice any day in the week; but Coach Farrell will be on hand between 2.30 and 5 on Tuesdays and Thursdays only...
Gourdin easily won first place from scratch position in the broad-jump. His distance was 22 feet 8 1-2 inches. In the high-jump H. R. Davis '23, the only representative of the University in this event, reached the height of 5 feet 7 inches. With a handicap of five inches he missed third place by a half inch. First place was won by Flahive of the B. A. A. with 5 feet 9 inches plus a handicap of three inches...
...field event men of the Freshman team, M. Gratwick '22 and T. C. Wales '21 are also expected to show up well next season. The broad-jump will be taken care of by Gourdin, R. W. Fitts Unc., who was high point scorer in both the interclass and handicap meets this spring, and L. Dejonge '23. The high-jump presents a large array of promising material; among these men are Krogness, Gourdin, Fitts, Davis and A. K. Murray...
Pennsylvania was victorious in the meet with a total of 30 1-2 as against 29 for Princeton. Yale was in eleventh place with but 5 1-2 points, R. W. Landon capturing the high-jump and W. W. Webber tieing for fifth place in the pole-vault. Earl J. Thomson, wearing the Dartmouth colors, shattered the world's record in the 120-yard high-hurdles, flying over the barriers in 14 2-5 seconds...
...hundred, the quarter, the broad-jump and the pole-vault that the Crimson must show its strength, while the Orange and Black are favored in the hurdles, the half, the weight events and the high-jump. The scoring in the mile and two-mile hinges on the Tiger decision as to what Swede will compete...