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Captain Bob Rittenburg led a group of Crimson "volunteers" Saturday to an unofficial victory in the first annual Connecticut Intercollegiate Relays at Storrs, Conn. Although there were no team points awarded, the Crimson easily dominated the meet. This was an unscheduled meet, and not all of the varsity competed...
...Rittenburg, perparing for his last spring as a varsity athlete, captured both the 60-yard low hurdles and the high jump. He also finished second to sophomore Joel Cohen in the 60-yard high hurdles and third in the broad jump. In both hurdles races the Crimson's Ed Carter placed third...
...basis of his present coaching method: "anyone can work with runners, but too many people are neglecting the field events." Proving his rule, McCurdy, in the last four years has developed the most vaunted middle distance runners in the Ivy League and in Al Wilson, Carl Goldman, and Bob Rittenburg some of the East's best field events men as well...
Capt. Bob Rittenburg edged teammate Joel Cohen in a special elimination race for fifth in the hurdles. The Garden track only has room for four men, forcing Cohen and Rittenberg to race each other for the only other point the Crimson scored in individual competition. Coach Bill McCurdy saved his middle distance aces, Dick Wharton, Renny Little, and Alan Howe for the mile relay. But anchor man Dave Alpers had to sit out the meet with a back injury and the new team, with sophomore Zab Warren replacing Alpers, was nearly six seconds off its usual pace finishing fifth...
...Crimson does score surprise victories, they will probably come in the mile and the broad jump. Art Wills has cut his mile time down to 4:19.6 which places him close behind Bill Smith of B.U., who has run a 4:13.6 mile. Rittenburg has broad jumped well over 22 feet and could outdistance Yale's Heptagonal Champion Dick Goss, and Army's Bob Kyasky...