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Although Coach Jaakko Mikkola seems to have a strong, well-balanced Yardling track squad this season, which he calls better than last year's aggregation, he is still searching for high-jumpers, broad-jumpers, and, for the spring campaign, javelin throwers...
Eberhart was here as a Freshman, but did not run on account of a pulled muscle. He decided to transfer to the University of Kansas, and just returned a couple of days ago. Coach Jaakko Mikkola says, "He will be one of the top distance...
...meet itself was about evenly divided as far as honors go, but it showed Jaakko several things about his current team. The sprinters, he says "are coming along." "We will have a weak mile relay team, but they, too, should improve...
...coming very very well." The two-mile event will be slightly under par until next year's cross-country captain, Fred Phinney, comes back. He has been on the injured list since the hill-and-dale season, and will take a little time to get in condition again. Jaakko says, however, that Tim Goggeshall is running very well in this distance, and Don McCaul is "coming along nicely...
...field events, the weakest is perhaps the broad-jump, for Jaakko was counting heavily on Doug Pirnie. However, he reports that Tom Holyoke is "doing very well. He strained a muscle a couple of weeks ago, but he is OK now." The pole vaulters, Mitch Ford, Steve Brooks, and Jerry Lenane have improved greatly, while Dick Pflster and Johnny Shattuck are standouts in the shot put. In the high-jump, Ted Baner and Jolin Bunker are predominant, while Tom White and Phil-Zeigier and the top two men in the 35 pound weight throw. Bob Chase and Bob Fisher...