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Meanwhile a curious coincidence was revealed by Robert S. Playfair '36 who has written a book called "The Crimson Road" which deals with a robbery of the Peabody Museum by a set of international crooks under similar circumstances to those on Friday...
...Gerrity-Scofield-Charley attempt was not the first in Crimson long distance running annals. Last year Robert S. Playfair '36, captain of the Cross Country team, met disaster in a 20-mile jaunt. After performing well for over half the race, the exhausted harrier unfortunately fell amok and deviated from the course, ended by fetching up against a tree...
This two mile race is another in which a classic struggle will be going on. Here, unfortunately, Harvard is not so well represented. Jaakko Mikkola has had a whole string of crack long distance men in the past, and names like Pen Hallowell, Art Foote and Bob Playfair are still remembered. But this year the only two miler worth much is Henry Marcy, and he has been laid up with illness; although he will be in there tomorrow, he is far from the top of his form and will probably not pick up much better than a fourth place...
...Milt Green was consistently good for three first places. Norm Cahners won a lot of points. Dick Johnson was as good a javelin thrower as there was in the east. Then there was John Dorman in the middle distance runs. Gorry Downer, Bob Hall, Mal Millard, and even Bob Playfair once in a while...
Captain Hayden Channing '37 is ace. Behind the man who generally finished just after Harvard's great harrier, Robert S. Playfair '36, are lined up on paper a squad of eight capable runners, including among others George P. Coach Jaakko Mikkola's only returning Gardner, Jr. '39, who captained last year's Freshman team...