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That isn't all. Pudgy hammer-thrower Jim Burnham has broken the Dartmouth record in his event this spring and last week he won the Penn Relays hammer throw at about 171 feet. He may scare Sam Felton into hitting 180 feet today. Felton broke the Harvard record two weeks ago with a shot of 175 feet, 2 inches. This competition, plus the Kimball versus Pat McCormick duel in the 120 high and 220 low hurdles should provide the most spectator interest this afternoon...
Either Roy Meears or Jim Gabler will pitch for the Freshmen today at Andover, where Warren Berg's nine tackle what is probably the strongest prep school squad in the area...
Since last year, however, Tufts has come up with two shining lights--Ed Sigler, a former V-12 player, and Jim Bennett, another attackman. The latter scored five times against B.L.C. in the 11-10 decision the Jumbos recently dropped to that local aggregation. Apparently, sigler is the playmaker and Bennett the man he passes...
Tufts plays a close man-to-man style of defense, so the game will probably be a rough one. But when it comes to body-checking, the Crimson quartet of bruising defensemen, Bob Forsythe, Bob Snow, Don Louria, and Jim Graham will probably get the bargain...
Saturday, at Exeter, the Freshmen came up with their first triumph of the season, a 4-3 victory over the prep schoolers, but neither team scored an earned run and both were guilty of sloppy playing. George Emmons handled pitching duties, so it will be Jim Gabler, former Exeter twirler, or Roy Meears going against the Pups this afternoon...