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...Vonckx '31 was the only Harvard entry to gain a point in the second day of the Penn Relay Carnival at Philadelphia last Saturday, his heave of 140 feet 9 inches winning him fourth place in that event. T. F. Mason '30 worked his way into the semi-finals of the 100-yard dash, but was eliminated by the exceptionally fast competition, the winner leading the field in 9.4 seconds...
Philadelphia, Pa., April 26--Coming from behind with a sustained burst of speed, Captain J. L. Reid '29 carried his distance medley relay quartet to a second place in one of the most sensational races of the first day of the Penn Relay Carnival which started here today. Warm weather and a fast track aided the Crimson leader in covering the final mile leg in the extraordinarily fast time of 4 minutes, 21 seconds...
With no southern trip planned for this year, the first contest on the University schedule will be the Penn Relays on April 27 and 28, in which Harvard will enter several relay teams and a few sprinters, weightmen, and hurdlers. On May 4 a triangular meet between Harvard. Brown, and Holy Cross will be staged in the Stadium, and on May 11, the University handicap meet will be held. With the Dartmouth meet scheduled for May 17, the Yale contest comes only a week later. The Intercollegiate at Philadelphia on May 30 and June 1 and the Harvard-Yale-Cambridge...
Tremendous, indeed, were the changes in the Penn system during the 50 years in which Mr. Rea was associated with it. He began as a rodman in 1871, at a time when the Penn road had hardly outgrown its original (1846) charter which provided that it should extend from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. Not only did he see the road pass through the greater part of the expansion which has made it a 12,000-mile system, but it was directly through his efforts that the Pennsylvania secured access to Manhattan. He planned a bridge across the Hudson from Jersey City...
Because of the Harvard-Yale-Cambridge-Oxford meet, which takes place in the Stadium on July 13, there will be no southern trip this year. The first regular outdoor competition on the Crimson schedule is the Penn Relays on April 26 and 27, in which Harvard will enter teams for the mile, four-mile, and possibly the 440-yard relay contests. A few sprinters, weightmen, and hurdlers may also go down to this meet...