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...they were to be the nucleus of a strong team. Moreover, at this time, one of the major lights of University track affairs began to Twinkle. For when A. H. Miller '27, in the Freshman dash event of the 1924 Triangular meet, led E. W. Goodwillie, Cornell first year sprinter to the tape, he not only equalled the University time of four and four-fifths seconds, but beat a promising dash man reputed to be able to outspeed any of the Cornell University squad...
...squad there is a large amount of material which is expected to score on the track. In the 40-yard dash A. L. Watkins '31, a former Browne and Nichols star sprinter and E. H. McGrath '31, are likely to carry off the honors. Also Watkins with W. C. Rome '31, and J. P. Gray '31 should place in the 300-yard run. J. W. Locke '31, and W. K. Page '31, will run in the 40 yard hurdles...
...retained his title which he secured while an undergraduate at the University, when he won both the 40 and 50 yard dashes. The two men who have threatened his title time and again were on hand last night to try once more for the crown as champion short distance sprinter. The runners are Frank Hussey, former Boston College track star, who has been second in most of his races with Miller. The other is a new runner in the field, Carl Wyldermuth of Georgetown University. In the 40 yard dash Hussey was second, Ernest Morrill of Boston University was third...
Last year's Millrose meet was a triumph for Harvard when A. H. Miller '27, premier sprinter of the Crimson squad, flashed home in front of a strong field in the 50-yeard dash. Frank Hussey, of Boston College, Robert McAllister, "the Flying Cop", and Morrill of Boston University took Miller's dust in this race...
with the subject mater of the remaining chapters: "The Lungs and the Blood," "Speed, Strength and Endurance," where-in the sprinter learns that scientists can predict his times from only two or three "medical" observations, and so on. Nor do all these facts and thoughts stick out like a sore thumb in the book, as they do here. Far from that, they form part of the fabric of the text, and all contribute to give the reader a clearer and broader view of the place that he and his body, and all "living machinery" hold in the scheme of things...