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...Crimson Varsity track forces swing into action today with the Millrose Games at New York, and the New England Field Events Competition at Soldiers Field. Coach Jaakko Mikkola left with 11 men yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, while about 25 Harvard athletes are entered in the Field Events affair...
...commenting on the current team, Jaakko says that he is particularly hopeful for the outdoor season, for the whole squad is improving, and the weakness in the field events may well be taken care of by the time the grass on Soldiers Field is turning green, and the leaves are coming out around the Yard...
...broad-jump and high-jump situation is sad. Stu Grover, only experienced broad-jumper, is sick, and the rest of the men are green. There is a real need for entrants here, and Jaakko is urging that any Freshmen interested, experienced or not, should report soon. In the high-jump, however, there is a bright star on the horizon, for Dean Hennessy, now playing basketball, is planning to turn to track at the end of the hoopsters' season. But Pete Garland is at present the only man there, and he is not really a high-jumper. In the hammer throw...
...Coolidge and dick McCarthy. McCarthy, however, weighs 184, and so has some weight to lose. Wes Flint may appear in this event later. In the 600, Max Pincus is being pushed hard by Arby Brown and Wally Chubb. Brown, whose real name is Rowland, is especially promising according to Jaakko, and runs very loosely...
...running the mile and two mile in the spring, is now being paced by Archie Lyon, who prepped at Andover and Browne and Nichols. He turned in a very spectacular time against Northeastern in the person of one of the Carroll twins Saturday, and has been improving steadily. Says Jaakko, "He has the stuff, and should be a wonder...