Word: patly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...event 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...
...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...
Another Saturday, another track meet. Holy Cross and Boston University are the targets for this afternoon, and if the Crimson doesn't rip through them like a 45 caliber slug going through tissue paper, a lot of people will be surprised. Harvard hurdler Pat McCormick (above) rates as one of the surer winners...
...Hall in the final sprint into the yarn. Other features of Saturday's meet: Dave Hamblett's win over IC4A champion Hall in the 440; Harvey Thayer's 22-foot broadjump, the best by a Crimson athletic in several years; the good showing of Mikkola's sprinters; hurdler Pat McCormick's performances is the 120 highs and 220 lows...
...against higher freight rates (TIME, April 12) broke last week against the federal government. For a moment the government staggered, then the skillful footwork of Mackenzie King got things right again. Because the case for higher rates, based on the railways' higher costs, was solid, the government stood pat; it ordered the new schedule to take effect immediately. Then it offered a concession...