Word: hurdler
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Pruyn, left half, is a good hurdler and strong runner, but is weak on defensive play. He seems to lose heart or interest if things are going wrong, and does not assist the man with the ball enough. His interference is only fair. Blagden, left half, is a good man to follow interference and not bad in a broken field. His chief weaknesses are his defensive play, and slowness in interference...
...Cook, Yale 'varsity pitcher, and W. M. Fincke, the hurdler, have regained their standing in the Sheffield Scientific School and are again eligible for the team...
...hurdle races. Captain Perkins of Yale is the intercollegiate champion in both, and Yale men generally expect him to win both. Fox 2 was a close second to Perkins in the hig hurdles in the intercollegiate games last year. Hallowell 1901 and Peter, the Yale freshman hurdler, were rivals in the interscholastic games last year an should make a good fight for third place. In the low hurdles Bremer '96 holds the world's record and should make Perkins work to win. Morse '99 was second to Perkins both at New Haven and New York last year...
Most of Yale's entries are in the distance runs, where she promises to make a good showing. J. J. Peter, the old Andover champion hurdler, is her only man in the hurdles, but he is very fast indoors. S. C. Byers is one of the scratch men in the dash...
...promising man in the high hurdles, and Converse of English High is also very fast. Converse is thought to be a certain winner of the low hurdles, as he has won this event in both national and local interscholastic meets before. J. J. Peters of Andover is another good hurdler...