Word: houghtons
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Robert B. Hougton '42 Billerica and Winthrop House, the Varsity's number one miler, will captain the 1941-42 track team. At a farewell meeting of the squad yesterday afternoon in the Dillon Field House, Houghton was elected to succeed Don Donahue '41. Irving P. Delappe '42 of Dorchester was named to follow Louis S. Taylor '41, as manager...
Prinie and Donahue were double winners here as expected, but the performance which proved the most spectacular upset and pleased the Crimson above all dope sheet predictions for the first time during the afternoon was Bob Houghton's triumphant 4:29.6 mile run. Bucking the wind on the back stretch, Houghton finally nosed out Yale's favored Mac Main by a foot, with Bob Young running another length behind...
Harvard's other points were gained the slow way via the fourth and fifth places. Bob Houghton's third in the one mile run, and Mitchell Ford's tie for second in the pole vault being the only exceptions. The relay team managed to garner a third behind fast-stepping Penn and Princeton quartets...
...told Harvard's fate in their ability; for without large point contributions from Doug, Pirnie, Don Donahue, Dick Pfister, and Roger Schafer the Cambridge goose is cooked. These are experienced tracksters and if they can present Harvard with a heavy set of tallies such less steady men as Bob Houghton, Mike Ford, and Rolla Campbell may add enough markers to give the Crimson a respectable place in the competition...
After the meet Bob Houghton received his teammates award of a Sav carton for the best showing of the afternoon. His 4:30 mile run, netting him a second, was one of the best Harvard times for the distance in the past few years...