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Last fall Mikkola entertained hopes of having his "big three" combination of Pete Harwood, Dave Murray, and Jeff Tootell around for spring competition. But Murray (holder of national inter-collegiate javelin crown) has been transferred to Midshipmen School, while Tootell (who entered College last November after copping the national scholastic shot-put title) has gone into the Army, leaving only Harwood, who is now a Sophomore in the V-12 program. Other men who have left include Tuttle, Atwell, Wharton, Noble, and Meanix...
There was another sector on the west, where the Allied beachhead in Normandy hung in stalemate and German skill seemed to be accomplishing something. Then came the breakthrough: Brittany was lost, a steel-tipped javelin poised to hurl at Paris, heart of Germany's western defenses. Nor could Hitler find any comfort in the south. There nothing was left except a weary German army, fighting in Northern Italy-where it might yet be trapped...
...excitement and confusion of registration over, new-comers have had a chance to demonstrate their prowess on Soldiers Field, and a few have drawn attention to themselves by virtue of their records. Two of these who have written all over them, but who protest strongly to the label, are javelin-throwing Dave Murray of V-12 and Eliot and Freshman slugger Walt Lowell House...
Murray, a big V-12 transfer from Holy has established himself as the men's number one collegiate javelin man. Last spring, after sweeping both New England A.A.U. and Intercollegiate championships, he went to Philadelphia and won the IC4A Nationals, "with the helpf of an ice cold shower," he adds. In the trials he pulled some ligaments, was barely able to qualify for the But then came an icy cold shower, recovery, and the national a 197-foot heave, his best effort...
...started throwing the 8 1/2 foot high school at Gardner, , where he also copped the New Interscholastic backstroke title around in the 440." After a Holy Cross, he has been to Harvard as a V-12 physics pinned down for a statement, modestly that he had "a lot about javelin throwing" and of , Crimson Varsity track coach, that "Jaako is who can teach me." The big is working out daily now under one of the country's leading on the javelin. With this combination working together, there is no telling how far Murray will be able to throw when...