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...meet with M. I. T. on Saturday will be far from a practice affair for the Crimson. M. I. T. was badly beaten by Princeton last week but its showing against the Tigers revealed some individual athletes who should furnish stiff competition. The most formidable of these probably is Leness, the Engineer 880-yard man, who took first place against a big field at Princeton. In the recent Pennsylvania relays, be was timed for his leg of the medley relay race in 1.54 4-5 seconds, an exceptionally fast time...
Allen started the University mile by gaining five yards over Howlett of Tech. This was increased slightly by Robb, who raced Jeppe. Kent with eight-foot strides increased his lead over Bateman to 25 yards. Those thinking the University would win easily reckoned without Leness, who aroused great excitement on the last leg by cutting Lundell's lead down to five yards. The time...
...barely nosed out by Yale for the indoor intercollegiate championships last winter. M. I. T. will gather the four best individual performers in the relay races with the University last week into a one-mile team to oppose the University. They will probably be Jeppe Bateman Howlett and Leness...
...yearlings, though hard pressed throughout, never relinquished their lead. Murphy passed on a five-yard advantage to W. L. Chapin, who in turn started L. L. Robb three yards ahead of G. L. Bateman. T. R. Hull, anchor man for the Crimson, was eight yards away when G. J. Leness of Tech received the baton...