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Only first-place winner for the Crimson was Captain Geoff Tootell, who took the shotput with a heave of 48 feet, 10 1/2 inches. Harvard's don Trimble was second, 4 inches behind, and Jerry Kanter finished fourth by half a foot. Tootell also scored s surprise by taking third in the 35-pound weight...
Captain Jeff Tootell, Don Trimble, and Jerry Kantner swept the shotput and Tootell and Eric Stromsted placed third and fourth in the weight behind BU's Black and Harvard's Rubin...
Felton broke his foot there on Monday, practicing the shotput. A faulty toe-board shattered during his effort...
With the eyes of Tulare upon him (plus the extra pressure of knowing he had to win after all the fuss on his account), 18-year-old Bob Mathias at first lagged in points in the stiffest test of all-around skill known to sport-discus, javelin-throw, shotput, high jump, broad jump, pole vault, high hurdles and flat races of 100, 400, and 1,500 meters. He didn't let it ruffle him. When he was not actually competing, rangy (6 ft. 3 in.) Bob relaxed on a blanket, now and then waved to his mother...
...pound, 22-year old future captain established a new Harvard record in the shotput at the Heptagonal Meet here this winter when he heaved the shot 50 feet, 8 inches. He had won both the discus and the shot in every dual meet this spring until Yale's Olympic stars, Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank forced him to settle for two thirds at New Haven Saturday...