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April-showers, and May-flower time brought a fresh harvest of Crimson victories. On the cinders, coach Mikkola's lads began scourging the Ivy League with prewar vitality. While his assistant Ed Flanagan worked with the weightmen, Mikkola waved the magic wand over javelin throwers and polevaulters. The Crimson disposed of Yale, swept the Nonagonals, and then went on to roll up 24 points in the 44-college IC4A championships at Philadelphia for a third-place tie with Penn State. Harvard track had rebounded from its wartime pygmy status with a vengeance...
...Crimson point winners came through pretty much as Coach Mikkola had expected. Captain Wes Flint took thirds in both hurdles, Freshman Don Trimble won the javelin throw, Pete Harwood annexed the pole vault title, Bill Jackson was fifth in the shot, and Jack Fisher and Sam Felton placed two-three in the hammer...
This group, which hopes to pick up where it left off last Saturday at the Nonagonals, includes Harvard's 1-2 punch in the 16-pound hammer throw, Jack Fisher and Sam Felton; Captain Wes Flint in the high and low hurdles; Freshman javelin find, Don Trimble; pole vaulters Pete Harwood and Bill Lawrence; high jumper Gene Harrigan; Bill Jackson, who will put the shot and double in the discuss with Felton; Captain-elect Frank Gurley in the mile; and Ted Withington, whose 49-second anchor leg last Saturday convinced Jaakko that he was capable of meeting IC4A 440 competition...
...Hamblett-A. Ruby-J. Edelman-T. Withington; 220-yard low hurdles--3, W. Flint; 16 pound hammer throw--won by S. Felton, 2, J. Fisher; 16-pound shot put--2, W. Jackson; high jump--2, G. Harrigan; pole vault--tie for first between P. Harwood and W. Lawrence; javelin throw--won by D. Trimble; discus throw--won by S. Felton, 3, W. Jackson...
Freshman Don Trimble's disallowed javelin record was the main topic of conversation yesterday as coach Mikkola and his athletes relaxed after their victory Saturday in the thirteenth annual Nonagonal Games...