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...California victory was, to repeat, due primarily to the westerners' remarkable exhibition in the field events, particularly in the shot-put and discus and javelin throws. This strength was in its turn caused in a large measure by the work of Merchant, the individual star of the meet who alone captured 13 points for his team, winning first in the hammer, second in the shot-put, and fourths in the javelin and broad-jump. This is the first time that any man has scored in four events in the Intercollegiates since 1900 when the versatile Kraenzlin of Pennsylvania rolled...
Merchant's exhibition, though the feature of the day, was not by any means the only exceptional performance. Hartranft of Stanford took firsts in both the discus and shot-put; LeConey of Lafayette raced to victory in the 100 and 220-yard dashes; Shields of Penn State captured first in the mile and third in the 880; Brown of Dartmouth leaped to 6 feet 4 5-8 inches in the high-jump, breaking by 1-8 inch the Intercollegiate record set by Oler of Yale in 1915; Driscoll of Boston College nosed out Stevenson of Princeton by inches...
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