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With the return of high jumper Jack Spitzberg after a long absence, the Crimson will go to Princeton Saturday with an unusually healthy squad. Captain Hamlin is the only man who will miss the meet, but Ogden's sudden emergence in the half-mile will give Harvard yet another threat in the distance...
Despite these withdrawals, the Crimson will not be pressed in their bid for the team title. In the finals of the field events tonight Harvard could possibly sweep all seven first places. Only the high jump, with the continued absence of Jack Spitzberg, is the weak spot in the powerful array of field strength. Coach Ed Stowell called Saturday's performance at Brown the greatest "demonstration of field strength I've ever seen by a Harvard team...
...varsity track team minus Ed Hamlin, Chris Ohiri, and Jack Spitzberg faces a strong, but not quite strong enough, Princeton squad in Soldiers field at 2 p.m. this afternoon. The Crimson is a heavy favorite to win its thirteenth consecutive dual meet...
Except for the high jump, where Spitzberg's absence will hurt, the varsity should practically sweep the field events. The Tigers can offer the Crimson little competition in the broad jump, hop-step-and-jump, hammer throw, discus, or shot...
...field events--the catapult (for merly the pole vault) and the high jump--Harvard will be pressed to score at all. However, Spitzberg, who has shown himself capable of clutch performances in the past, could gain points in the high jump...