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Eddie Farrell has entered men in eleven events for the University Meet this Saturday night at the Boston Garden. The 45-yard high hurdles, the 50-yard dash, the 880, the mile, the high jump, the pole vault, the 35-pound weight throw, the shot-put, the broad jump, and two relay teams will all have Crimson entrants...
Field Meet: The twelve-pound shot-put was won by R. B. Batchelder, who with a handicap of 6 feet, made 46 ft., 1-2 inch...
...Jack Torrance. Louisiana State's 275-Ib. weight-thrower, with a Brobdingnagian heave of 57 ft., 5 in. that broke all previous world's records, official or otherwise: the 16-lb. shot-put in an international track meet at Oslo, Norway...
...fifth. Usually seconds, thirds and fourths add up to more than a few showy firsts. With a small team of versatile athletes, Stanford last week did almost exactly what Coach Templeton expected it would. John Lyman, with a throw of 53 ft. 2¾in., set a new intercollegiate shot-put record. Second place in the same event went to Gordon Dunn. Dunn and Lyman also placed first and second in the discus throw. Two more spectacular firsts-Blackman's in the 400-meter run, Klopstock's in the 200-meter hurdles-gave Stanford the bulk...
...University of Illinois team: the Western Conference ("Big Ten") track and field championship at Evanston, Ill. Illinois took 45 points (29 of them in the 100-yd., 220-yd. and shot-put events); Indiana, 40 3/5; Michigan...