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Like most other college coaches, the Crimson's track and cross country leader, Jaakko Mikkola, has a special fondness for Freshmen. "We need good Freshman runners badly," he says, "because they are the core of our future Varsities--successful Freshman teams mean successful Varsities and vice versa...
...holds his coach, Jaakko Mikkola--Finnish Olympic coach in 1920 and 1924--responsible for most of the medals, although he admits Ed Flanagan, who helped Jaakko for awhile last year taught him a lot. A pre-med student, Felton wrote a psychology term paper this spring analyzing the reactions of track athletes under competitive pressure
...Varsity Club welcomes new football coach Art Valpey and assistants "Butch" Jordan, Davy Jones, and Elmen Madar this afternoon at 12:30 o'clock in the first such luncheon since the war. Others present will include spring head coaches Tom Bolles. Jaakko Mikkola and Dolph Samborski, as well as the captains of all major Crimson teams...
Yesterday, the sprinters were joined by Harvey, Kelsey, who ran a 21-flat 220 for Princeton last spring and is now in the Busy School here. He'll work out with Jaakko for the rest of the spring and if he gets down under 21 seconds, he may take a shot at the Olympic sprint trials...
Carl G. Olson, assistant track coach at Belmont High School, has been appointed aide to Jaakko Mikkola, Athletic Director Bill Bingham disclosed last night. Olson, a Bowdoin College graduate, will begin work here September...