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...High Jump: George Spitz, N.Y.U.; John McFarlane, Boston College; Gordon Connor, Boston College, Robert Hall, Harvard; Luther Scheffy, Harvard; John McShane, Brown...
...high jump will not give Harvard a look in. The Green will without a doubt sweep the event, Woodberry and Lindstrom having shown their stuff at the Intercollegiates on Monday. Woodberry gave Champion George Spitz of NYU a fine sky jumping battle. The broad jump based on previous performances of the entries should go to Stowe of Dartmouth, with Godshall of Cornell second and Rodman of Dartmouth third. Harvard has a good number of potential scorers in this event who may crash through to give the Crimson several much needed points. There is Eddie Calvin and Windy Hasler and Captain...
...metre steeplechase, by Joe McCluskey of Fordham; 25 ft. 3¼ in. for the running broadjump, by Jesse Owens of Ohio State. More remarkable than either was a performance which, beause of the technicalities of A. A. U. rules, set no record at all. George Spitz of N. Y. U. and Walter Marty of Fresno State College tied for the high jump championship at 6 ft. 7½ in. Then the bar was set at 6 ft. 8⅞ in. for an exhibition. Marty cleared it on his fourth try. He got a gold medal but no credit...
...stride behind him, Bonthron last of the five. While Eastman and Keller of Pittsburgh thought they were fighting for the lead, Bonthron took the outside lane by the Stadium wall and ran past the field to win by four yards. ¶ The night before the meet, High Jumper George Spitz dropped into a Boston cafeteria, asked for a piece of pie. Said the counterman: "Say, do you think you ought to eat pie, with you jumping tomorrow?" Jumper Spitz ate no pie, won the high jump next day with a new intercollegiate record...
With individual performances counting heavily, Harvard can count only on a good showing from the one-mile relay team. On the other hand, Coach Farrell sees victory for Mangan of Cornell or Bouthron of Princeton in the mile run and for Spitz of N.Y.U. in the high and broad jumps...