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...Shot-put--L. W. Bangs '08, 40 ft.; W. A. Hanley '07, 40 ft.; B. T. Stephenson, Jr., '08, 44 ft., 3 in.; R. H. Townsend...
Most of the places in the field events should go to Harvard, but Bredemus and Pevear of Dartmouth should also win points. B. t. Stephenson, Jr., '08 should easily win the shot-put as well as points in the other field events, and H. E. Kersburg '07 should secure first place in the hammer-throw. First place in the polevault should go to A. G. Grant '07 if he shows his last year's form. The results of the broad jump are rather doubtful, but the chances favor Harvard...
...school team was unusually strong in the sprints and won all except two points; but in the longer runs the majority of points went to the Freshmen. In the two-mile, the pole-vault and the shot-put, the Freshmen secured all three places...
...field events the high jump and shot-put were the most encouraging. B. T. Stephenson, Jr., '08 won the shot-put with a good put of 44 feet. Stephenson also won the broad jump with a jump of 21 feet 4 inches. The high jump was a tie between R. G. Harwood '09, G. E. Roosevelt '09, and R. E. Somers '08, at 5 feet 9 inches; in the jump-off for first prize Harwood won first place with a splendid jump of 5 feet 10 1-4 inches, which is better than either of last year's records...
Special attention for the next ten days will be devoted to track candidates who are practicing in the hammer throw, the shot-put, the high jump, and the pole vault. It is intended in this way that an opportunity may be afforded for men who are inexperienced in the field events to get special instruction in them before regular work begins in the Stadium. Men may report at the Gymnasium at any time between 10.30 A. M. and 1 P. M., or from 3 to 5.30 P. M., but if possible the pole vaulters and shot-putters should report...