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Even the traditionally optimistic Jaakko Mikkola is not too confident of what the final tally sheet will read tomorrow afternoon when the boys head back to the showers after the final event of the twenty-fourth annual Dartmouth-Harvard track meet...
This year it is Harvard that is green and the Dartmouth attack red-hot; and the about-face entirely justifies Jaakko Mikkola's recent sleepless nights. The Crimson's upset at Hanover last spring demonstrated the superiority of an experienced Senior squad over even talented novices; but Saturday afternoon those Seniors will be in the grandstand, and the Comanche amateurs of last season will be running rings around Soldiers Field track...
...conflict scheduled for rain-or-shine performance in the Stadium today is an entirely new feature on Jaakko Mikkola's outdoor cinder program. Chief interest for the home forces is the opportunity the meet offers loss-experienced Crimson runners to prove their worth before tackling the galloping Green Gargantus next week...
Jaskko Mikkola's prayer became reality Saturday afternoon on a chilly, windy Soldiers Field when his Varsity tracksters turned the ladies on Holy Cross' 1940 victory. Yet Jaakko was not satisfied and suggested after the meet, "We're going to beat Radcliffe next week...
Neither Burgy Ayres, first string center, who is out for baseball, nor Dick Pfister, regular guard, who is putting the shot on Jaakko Mikkola's track team, will play much football this spring, but Vern Miller who alternated with Pete Elser at tackle last year has recovered sufficiently from an ankle injury suffered during the wrestling season to be ready for heavy work...