Word: hurdler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Flint, former Noble and Greenough hurdler, and Ted Sparrow, star Tufts freshmen who went to Browne and Nichols, renewed their prep school rivalry in the 35-yard high hurdles. The boys were neck until sparrow fell on the second hurdle, and Flint went...
Bill Palson, last year's Yardling captain, is the outstanding Crimson entrant in the mile and a quarter; and hurdler Don MacKinnon, who took a second in the high hurdles at the Heptagonal last year, 440 man Frank McKechnie, who didn't run last year but was the leading quarter-miler on his Freshman team, and sprinter Bill Trainor, seemed to be the best Harvard entrants in their respective divisions in the track events...
Captain Bob Owen's Blue cindermen are not at top strength for the annual Yale-Harvard track meet to be run on the Eli track tomorrow. Comprehensives and final exams have wreaked havoc with the daily practice sessions, high hurdler Dick Osborne is still suffering from the leg injury he received last week, and consequently may not run, and the Elis' showing in the Princeton and Ivy League meets has not been too encouraging...
However the breaks fall the meeting will be close and furious. Both teams have suffered injuries recently. Yale's Senior hurdler, Dick Osborn was kept out of the Heps with a pulled ligament. Rumor, however, has it that Saturday Osborn was well enough to work out vigorously on the Yale track, and therefore his participation should not prove too startling...
Chief worry is the inexperience and youthfulness of the novice Sophomore runners who have replaced last year's Senior crew. In nearly every event, Crimson hopes rest upon the untried shoulders of second-year men. Captain Don Donahue, Senior hurdler, and Junior Dick Pfister, who puts the shot and spins the discus, are the most notable exceptions. The dopesters, in fact, classify them as the only two capable of double firsts for Harvard...