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...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...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Baseball, Track Teams Feature Big Weekend | 5/1/1948 | See Source »

Last week, in a quick clap of editorial thunder, Bertie McCormick answered them: "This is tantamount to a request that we try to glamorize the doings of the U.N. . . . Our reporters who cover the meetings of U.N., or Congress, or the legislature are expected to know the difference between windbags, crooks and statesmen, and to treat them accordingly in all news dispatches ... So long ... as U.N. remains a fraud on the hopes of many decent people, it will be treated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: No Harm in Asking | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...track, Captain Frank Gurley won the mile and the 880 easily and Pat McCormick had no trouble in the 120-high and 220-low hurdles. The sprinters did poorly, picking up only fourths in the 100 and 220, but the explanation is that they were running against some very rapid men, as the winning times indicate. Stroke Charlie Rimmer pushed the stroke up to 38 with a half-mile left, but could not force the Crimson shell into the two-way struggle between the leaders, who widened the distance to a length and a quarter over Harvard before Princeton squeaked...

Author: By Stephen N. Cady, | Title: Crew Breaks Record at Princeton; Track Team Crushes H.C. and B.U. | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...high hurdles--Won by McCormick (H); 2, Coville (H); 3, Kirby (HC); 4, Braithwaite (BU). Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Summary | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

...hurdles--Won by McCormick (H); 2, Braithwaite (BU); 3, Coville (H); 4, Eagan (HC). Time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Summary | 4/26/1948 | See Source »

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