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WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16--Twenty feet more and the Crimson varsity crew would be the best in the East. Four feet more and the Crimson freshman crew would be the best in the East. As it is, they are both the second-best, with the Harvard jayvee boat the third-best, as a result of the Eighth Annual Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Regatta held today on the Potomac...
Running on a Melbourne track deadened by heavy rain, and staying in an outside lane to avoid the worst of the puddles, Landy reeled off quarters of 59.2, 61.8, 62.0 and 59.1. His time, after running an estimated ten yards extra: 4:02.1, the second-best time ever recorded. That extra ten yards brought Landy to within five yards of the four-minute performance...
...Gehrmann, the season's fastest indoor mile (4:08.4), ahead-as usual-of FBI Man Fred Wilt; in Milwaukee. Earlier, the Rev. Bob Richards pole-vaulted 15 ft. 4 5/8 in., his second-best ever, then missed three tries at beating Cornelius Warmerdam's record of 15 ft. 8½ in. The next night in Boston, Gehrmann (4:08.9) and Richards (15 ft. 2 7/8 in.) did it again...
...Second-Best Friend...
McInnis will gamble on top right-hander Bob Ward to hold back the Orange and Black power hitters today, and will probably start John Donelan against Dartmouth. But with the Tigers heading for Providence tomorrow to face a strong Brown nine, Princeton coach Emerson Dickson is expected to start second-best Dave Sisler (son of George and brother of Dick) today, and save ace Ray Chirurgi for Saturday. This afternoon, however, Chirurgi will be on hand for relief, if needed...