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...encounter with most of the nation's star collegiate track and field men brought the expected results on Saturday afternoon in the IC4A meet at Randall's Island. Only Don Trimble, throwing the javelin, and Captain Geoff Tootell in the discus were able to place for the Crimson as the varsity tied for 16th with four points in a field...
Trimble took third in the javelin with a heave of 202 feet 8 inches (his longest toss since he broke the Harvard record two years ago with a 212 foot 5 3-4 inches heave). Albright's Al Harnly took first with 207 feet 1-4 inch, and two others tossed the javelin over 200 feet...
Best local hope for scoring comes in the javelin event, where Don Trimble, Charlie Keith, and Fred Ravreby are among the strongest in the East. Trimble's arm, injured by a discus last Saturday, is considerably improved...
Charles Clarke Keith, Jr. '51 of West Roxbury, was elected yesterday afternoon to captain next year's varsity track team. At the annual banquet last night in the Upper Common Room of the Union, javelin-ace Keith expressed hope for an undefeated 1951 season capped by a win over a weekend Yale squad...
Puritan Bill Erman won the javelin. His 143-foot toss was nearly 13 feet ahead of Deacon Frank Manheim's effort, with Gene Kearney of Adams third and Bellboy Oscar DePriest fourth. Roger Davis of Adams was a close second in the broad jump, followed by Ronnie Breslow of Lowell and Dann Troxell of Leverett. Funster John Simpson and Owen Edmonds of Kirkland tied for fifth...