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...track man is asked what he would prescribe first of all to the building up of a successful team he is pretty sure to answer, "A large number of determined and persistent candidates." Twenty-two years ago the writer saw at Queen's Club in London a Harvard high hurdler who had worked patiently for years without making the team, finally triumph over the best of Yale, Oxford and Cambridge on a grass track in the then excellent time of 15 3-5 seconds. There have been scores of instances in which men who showed little promise at first finally...
...Krogness '21, all around track man and captain of the 1921 Freshman team, will be the only University hurdler to return but R. S. Whitney '22, C. R. Hauers '22 and A. R. Brown '22 are expected to place well...
...Rand '09, chairman of the Graduate Advisory Track Committee, and former intercollegiate champion in the high hurdles, will speak to all hurdlers at the Varsity Club at 7 o'clock tonight. Any man who ever has been or aspires to be a hurdler has here an excellent opportunity to learn something about running and training for the hurdles...
...Rand '09, chairman of the Graduate Advisory Track Committee, will talk to all hurdlers at the Varsity Club tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. Any man who ever has been or aspires to be a hurdler has here an excellent opportunity to learn something about training for and running the hurdles. Mr. Rand was captain of the University track team...
...evident weak spot in the team will be in the hurdles. In the fall meets B. Tracy, Jr., showed unusual promise over both the high and low hurdles, but as he has left College and gone to France, Coach Donovan will be forced to seek elsewhere for a good hurdler. R. H. Post and C. F. Batchelder have had some experience as hurdlers, but neither of them are very fast, and will need a lot of coaching...