Word: jed
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Yale coach Bob Giegengack was trying a daring gamble in the mile, sending his ace Ed Slowik, an 880 man, who had never before run the distance in competition, against the varsity's Dyke Benjamin and Jed Fitzgerald. Benjamin led almost from the start, until in the final lap, when Eli Jim Wade passed Benjamin, only to be caught again 150 yards from the tape by both Benjamin and Fitzgerald. It semed as if the Yale gamble had failed, when Slowik came from no-where in the stretch to win by two yards in the meet record time...
Dyke Benjamin will carry the varsity's hopes in the mile, where he will be facing the Elis' Jim Wade, who turned in a 4:15.2 effort last week. Jed Fitzgerald and Fred Howard could make the event a sweep for the Crimson. If Yale coach Bob Giegengack decides to run his ace Tommy Carroll in the mile, however, the race should turn into a sensational two-man battle between the smooth-striding Carroll and Benjamin...
Benjamin should have a relatively easy time in the two-mile, but the important thing here may be what teammate Jed Fitzgerald can do. Only the 880 looks totally bleak for the varsity, as the Bulldog trio of Carroll, Ed Slowik, and Ned Roache seem unbeatable...
...excellent runners will clash in the mile. The Big Red's Chuck Hill has a 4:13.3 clocking to his credit, and Penn's Ernest Tracy and John Jerbasi have both broken 4:20. Against these coach Bill McCurdy will send Dyke Benjamin, who ran 4:15.6 against Army; Jed Fitzgerald, who defeated his teammate in a 4:16.2 race a week ago, and Fred Howard, a 4:21 miler. Hill must be considered the favorite, but there has been talk this week of a 4:12 effort by Benjamin or Fitzgerald...
...only did Dyke Benjamin's attempt for a University mile record fall short, but the Crimson ace was forced to take second to teammate Jed Fitzgerald, who set another meet record with...