Word: jumpings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Green amassed 15 of Harvard's 40 points, setting a new meet record of 24 feet, 1 1-8 inches in the broad jump in the process, as well as talking a first in the hurdles and 50-yard dash. His win in the dash came as a complete surprise and Cornell, although they managed to pick up 32 1-2 points, never really had a chance after the Crimson captain broke the tape in the first event...
Yale finished third, with 27 1-2, and Dartmouth trailed with 17. Bob Hall's first in the high jump, and the two-mile relay team's victory, helped materially. Bob Woodward almost nipped the favored Meaden of Cornell, but was turned back by about 10 yards. The principal cause of his defeat was the surprising bid made by Ed Messitt, Cornell Sophomore, who was leading going into the last lap. It took all Woodward had to garner three more points for Harvard...
...Broad-jump-first, Green (H); second, Godshall (C); third, Dubiel (H); fourth, Ritzman...
...High-jump-first, Hall (H); second, Badman (Y); third, Cuffe (D); fourth, Eldridge...
...broad jump will also mark Dubiel's initial appearance of the evening where an especially good jump may put him over the 23-foot mark...