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...weight men were making a more threatening bid for honors. The victory of J. N. Watters '26 over Captain E. B. Kirby of Cornell, intercollegiate mile champion, is described as one of the indoor classics of all time. Fifteen yards behind Kirby and tiring fast, Watters uncorked a terrific sprint in the last two laps of the race and sailed by his opponent to win by 20 yards...
...since one makes one's own bed and has to lie in it, it does seem too bad to dirty the linen. Writers can wash it in public, but most people rounding the curve and seeing the straight stretch are too weak not to determine to keep the sprint unimpeded. And so they make resolutions, and are the better for it; and break them and are the worse for it. It is wearying to be platitudinous on this subject but the only way not to be trite, and to beat the humorist is to make no resolutions, and then stick...
With the completion of the sprint, jumping, and hurdle events yesterday afternoon, the annual fall handicap track meet got under way. The distance events will be run this afternoon, while the field events will not be held until after the close of the football season...
...lead, the Elis conserving their strength until the last two miles, when they pulled ahead to win. If Yale gets behind tomorrow, they will find it difficult to catch up. Stroke John Watts '28, once his crew gets the lead, keeps his eye on the rival boat, matches every sprint, and strives to catch the oppoing coxwain napping. But if Yale gets a distinct lead at the start, the heady Laughlin should manage to keep ahead, for although the Harvard crew is gigantically powerful, the Yale oarsmen are no weaklings...
...beat that averaged 32 strokes to the minute carried the shell away from a racing start, and at the close a sprint raised the count almost...