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With his last semblance of depth gone, Coach Bill McCurdy threw a quartet of Bob Weil, Mike Robertson, Al Gordon, and Dick Wharton against Yale's Jack Halpern, Ed Holohan, Bob Skerritt, and John Slowik, Crimson anchorman Dick Wharton faced the impossible task of making up nearly twenty yards on a runner of Slowik's calibre. Yale won by fifteen yards in 3:19.2, a meet record. The varsity was caught...
...heavy favorite, with Yale placing two-three, and the relay, in which Yale has nearly four seconds better than the varsity, the other events are toss-ups. Best chance for a Crimson win is in the 440, where Wharton has done .8 seconds better than Yale's Bob Skerritt, but either Ed Holohan or John Pendexter should give Yale the third place...
Ingley rules the 600 field, with Yale's Bob Skerritt and Cornell's Art Boland also threats. Crimson coach Bill McCurdy will counter with captain Dick Wharton and French Anderson. Wharton looks like the best bet here, but Anderson, recently recovered from a leg injury, could surprise...
...strongest showings for the varsity were in the 600, the hurdles, and the dash, where against strong fields, the Crimson took first and second. In the 600, Cairns held the lead from the first lap to win by four yards over teammate Wharton, who had passed Eli ace Bob Skerritt on the last turn. Cairns' time of 1:12.0 broke the old Harvard mark of 1:21.2 set by Al Wills...
...shapes up as one of the best races of the day, with Captain Dick Wharton bent on avenging an earlier drubbing by Yale's Bob Skerritt. Jim Cairns could beat them both, as he moves down from...