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...Crimson will be strong in the 600 and hurdles with good entries in the high jump, broad jump, mile, and 1000. However, Yale's Hank Thresher should win the sprint, and the Yardlings are weak in the polo vault and weights...
...mile, Molineux turned on a powerful sprint to transform a close race into a romp, beating Dave Cairns by fifty yards in 4.27.5. He had even lead trouble in the two mile, completely running away from Dave Gregory and Emil San Soucie...
Gehrmann obliged the press with a quick counterblow: he runs, he said, to win, and "not to set any spectacular times or to break records ... As for my ... staying back most of the way, I believe the crowd enjoys seeing a sprint finish..." Then Don added pointedly: "Any time Fred wants to jump back into the two miles, where he belongs, that's O.K. with...
...Gehrmann, as usual, stuck to Wilt. The pace produced a stodgy (2:07.9) half-mile, and a stodgier (3:12.3) three-quarters. At the three-quarters mark, Wilt spurted into the lead, leaving Gehrmann some seven yards behind. Wilt blazed the last quarter in 58.9. It was quite a sprint but Gehrmann, setting his sights on Wilt's back, gradually made up the yardage. He nabbed Wilt three yards from the finish, nipped him by 6 in. at the tape...
...winning (and second-place) time: 4:11.2. Though the clocking was disappointingly slow-Gehrmann beat Wilt in the same race last year in 4:07.5-Gehrmann proved to have the right idea about what the crowd likes. His sprint finish had it screaming...