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...Eaton, who holds the record of four and two-fifths seconds for the forty-yard dash, will be on hand to watch the stars of today take a fling at his title. Miller and Burns will go into the preliminary heats with Murchison, often hailed as America's premier sprinter, Hussey a Freshman at Boston College, who startled track circles last year by his performances on the cinders while still a schoolboy, Leconey, a member of the Olympic team two years ago, Clark, formerly of Johns Hopkins, and intercollegiate 100-yard titleholder, and Houben, the German star...
...Booth Sound. MacMillan made a last flight in one of the Navy amphibian planes, to see Dog-Driver E-took-a-shoo, a friend, bringing him back to the anchored Bowdoin by air. Next day another start toward Baffin Bay was made, through blinding fog and raging blizzard. In Murchison Sound, the Bowdoin grounded her oaken keel on a rock ledge and stuck fast. The Peary sidled alongside to pass a towline and 34 steel drums of gasoline were heaved into the seas of seething slush to lighten the stranded hull. Nearby, a cruising iceberg burst with a dull report...
...third of a lap. The University milers slipped in just ahead of M. I. T. and the Freshman mile quartet piled up a fifty yard lead over the Yale Freshmen. Miller surprised the packed Arena when she shot across the finish of the 40-yard dash second to Loren Murchison...
...century" dash, Paddock was vying with an old rival, Loren Murchison, of Newark, and both were out to trim "Al" Leconey (Meadow Brook Club), who had claimed a new world's record of 9 2/5 sec. for a race, down wind, he had run the previous week at Allentown, Pa. Murchison led to the last ten strides, when Paddock flashed by. Leconey took third. Murchison also led Paddock at the start of the 220, was 3 yds. behind when Paddock snapped the worsted...
...Murchison slept on his defeat, stepped forth on the last day of the meet, smashed Paddock's world record...