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...Crimson anticipates a sweep in the broad jump and a hammer throw, and firsts in the shot, javelin, and discus. This should give it a lead which neither Brown nor Dartmouth will be able to overcome, but it may be close. Present estimates make Harvard the winner by about eight points...
Princeton's freshmen edged the Yardlings 73 1/2 to 66 1/2. Eddie Mechan captured the mile, 880, and two-mile for the Crimson, and Tom Holcombe got off a fine 181 ft., 11 in. toss to take the javelin...
...this spring. During the winter, hopes for a good outdoor season were dimmed with the injury of the versatile Tom Blodgett, who pulled a thigh muscle at the Army meet last February. Blodgett can be, at various times, the team's best hurdler, broad jumper pole valuter and javelin thrower, and the squad is tremendously dependent upon him. Reports that Blodgett had recovered were confirmed in the outdoor Army meet Saturday. When he collected four firsts in five events...
...pole vault and javelin throw somewhat less strong. Both depend upon Blodgett. Blodgett is the pole vaulter on the team by two feet; last year he 13 ft., 9 in., and hopefully will pass 14 ft. this season. In javelin throw, he and Tom the best Crimson men, and or both may throw 200 feet coming events...
Stan Doten started the day by winning the hammer throw with a toss of 191 feet, 7 inches, which broke his own meet record by nearly ten feet. Ed Bailey of Harvard was second. In the javelin throw, the first three men were all over the existing meet record. John Ahearn of Army won the event with a throw of 198 feet, followed by Tom Corbin (191 ft., 3 in.), Army's only other record in the field events came in the high jump, where cadet Gene LaBorne cleared 6 ft., 3 1/2 in. Marty Beckwith was second...