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...Crimson runners who ran 1-2-3 at the mile, as they followed a map which detoured them 60 yards further than the Tigers. The extra distance upset Reed Eichner in particular. After crossing the mile in second place, behind Ed Sheehan and ahead of captain Stein Rafto, he finally finished fourth for Harvard and thirteenth overall...
Jerry Kooymans and Bruce Bond ran 1-2 for the Tigers, the former winning the race in 24:56. Yale frontrunner Geoffrey Mearns followed in third place finishing a few seconds ahead of Crimson captain Rafto who refused to be held back by the extra yardage he had to run and came home a gutsy fourth...
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...That was a good example of the workings of Rafto's Law," McCurdy said about Meyer's sprained ankle. "It's about the same as Murphy's Law, except it says if anything can go wrong, it will go worse," he added...
...Crimson harrier hung tough in the aftermath, however, and Eichner and Rafto managed to post excellent times of 4:33 and 4:37 respectively, at the mile mark. Sheehan ran extremely well for most of the race, dueling with B.C.'s Roach for possession of the second slot, until he tightened up in the last half mile and was passed by a group of runners...