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...meet that may develop into a race between the front-runners, the Crimson will counter with its outstanding one-two combination of Captain Dyke Benjamin and sophomore Jed Fitzgerald...
...that unexpectedly one-sided 22 to 37 triumph, the varsity combined real power-running with timely support from the reserves to sweep six of the first nine places from the Big Red. For the harriers, the victory unveiled a formidable scoring threat in the one-two combination of Captain Dyke Benjamin and sophomore standout Jed Fitzgerald. The two finished first and second respectively, about 10 seconds apart, with both almost equalling the course record...
...measure of victory for the varsity was the running of the one-two punch, Benjamin and Fitzgerald. Benjamin, who seems to have regained the top form he showed as a sophomore, moved out front in the early stages of the race and ran evenly with Cummins of Cornell at the front of the pack. At the half-way point, Fitzgerald, running splendidly in his varsity debut, caught up with the leaders and then eased out in front with Benjamin...
...watched unhappily from the clubhouse. His mood changed fast. As the pacers whipped past the three-quarter mark, his O'Brien Hanover was in the lead with Thorpe Hanover close behind. Only a final burst to second place by Tommy Winn's Flying Time marred a straight one-two finish for Miller's Tar Heel colts. Their first and third took $67,310.62 of the total purse. Also in the money in fourth and fifth place: Adios' sons Raider Frost and Adios Paul. Quipped the New York News's Wes Gaffer: "One more stakes victory...
Only Dartmouth's weaknesses, especially in the distances, and the varsity's relative depth should enable the Crimson to win. Captain Pete Reider and Bill Thompson should place one-two in the mile, while Reider, Dyke Benjamin, and Jim Schlaeppi should sweep the two-mile...