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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Princeton Twice Runner...
Princeton has been runner-up to California for the past two years. By rolling up 29 points in the discus and javelin in the two years that those events have been on the program. Walter Christie's California Bears have romped away with two titles, although Justices, to the veteran Berkeley coach it should be added that his men have amassed 80points in the past two years and a total of 107 1-2 in the last three trips East. Christie knows Eastern weak spots and he aims for them...
...concluding bouts of the University fencing tournament fought yesterday in Hemenway Gymnasium, resulted in the completion of the sabre and epee contests. J. K. Watson 1L., who was runner-up in the foils competition on Thursday, won the sabre title, second place going to E. L. Laue '24. Lane was a member of this year's University team while Watson fenced on the team last year...
...Shearn 1L., runner-up in last year's University epee tournament, won the University foils championship yesterday when three straight wins in the final round put him ahead of J. K. Watson 1L, who took second place. Both were members of the University team last year and in the elimination contests yesterday, were tied with D. F. Cavers 1L and A. G. Carrillo '26. In the play-off, Shearn was undefeated while Carrillo succeeded in winning one close bout from Watson...
Tibbetts also ran a masterly race in the two-mile, taking the lead of the long field of runners whenever he wanted it, and finally, in the last lap, uncorking a sprint which brought him around the last curve at a 440 clip and brought him to the tape 40 yards ahead of Rosenburgh, the Virginia runner, who had seemed to be pressing him earlier in the race...