Word: star
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York City, February 4.-A. H. Miller '27, running in the medley dash events in the Millrose A. A. games in Madison Square Garden tonight against the world's most brilliant short distance men, was second to Loren Murchison, the Olympic star, and flashiest of flyers in the 40 and 60-yard events. In the Millrose 600 for the Haughton trophy J. N. Watters '26 failed to place, as did H. W. Burns '28 in the dashes...
...Eaton, who holds the record of four and two-fifths seconds for the forty-yard dash, will be on hand to watch the stars of today take a fling at his title. Miller and Burns will go into the preliminary heats with Murchison, often hailed as America's premier sprinter, Hussey a Freshman at Boston College, who startled track circles last year by his performances on the cinders while still a schoolboy, Leconey, a member of the Olympic team two years ago, Clark, formerly of Johns Hopkins, and intercollegiate 100-yard titleholder, and Houben, the German star...
Stanley, the only Crimson player to remain on the ice throughout the contest, was the star of the game. He scored twice, and only brilliant work by Fitzgerald in the Cantab net kept his bullet-like shots from finding the strings more often...
...Cambridge Latin team had one star forward, Harlow, who poke-checked prettily and gave Jackson in the Crimson goal some trouble. The schoolboys were outskated continually, however, and toward the close of the contest resorted to shinny to keep the score from increasing. Temple did some fast work in the early minutes of the game, and Fitzgerald in goal lived up to the family tradition. Tudor, Putnam, and Stanley all broke through the outer defense only to be thwarted at the goal...
...track night. Captain W. L. Tibbetts '26, will introduce Coach Farrell, who will explain the track pictures as they are projected. Pictures of the Harvard-Yale-Oxford-Cambridge meet in the Stadium last summer have been procured. Negotiations are under way to get pictures of Paavo Nurmi, the Finnish star, who attempted to break the world's record for the mile run on the Stadium cinders...