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...team will be facing a British squad that contains a number of familiar faces. The captain of the Oxford-Cambridge squad will be Tom Blodgett '61, hurdler, pole vaulter, and discus thrower, who led the Cambridge track team to an easy win over Oxford this year...
...weights, only discus thrower John Bakkensen seems certain to place high; Art Doten and Olney Croasdale in the hammer and shot have been slightly inconsistent recently. The trio of Hank Hatch, Peeter Lampe, and Tom Holcombe in the javelin have all been well past 200 ft., and could dominate the scoring in that event...
Once more, Crimson sprint star Aggrey Awori dominated the meet statistics, along with sophomore javelin-thrower Peeter Lampe. Awori won four first places, set two Harvard records, tied a third, and broke stadium records in three events. Awori's outstanding mark was in the 220 yd, dash, where he shattered Joel Landau's recent record of :21.0 by four-tenths of a second. Awori's time of :20.6 is undoubtedly the outstanding mark of the Crimson outdoor season...
Harvard's final two points came from weight-thrower Art Doten, who placed fourth in the very strong field with a throw of 57 ft. 11 1/2 in. Sophomore Olney Croasdale barely missed the finals of the eight with his best throw of the season, a toss of 56 ft. 4 in. Croasdale unexpectedly made the finals of the shot put, as well, but was edged into sixth place in the last round of throws...
...field men, led by weight thrower Art Doten and shotputter Olney Croasdale, can pick up a commanding lead in the G.B.I. tonight, McCurdy might possibly leave behind a few key runners to bid for the meet championship tomorrow afternoon. Without a big lead, though, only a "token squad" will remain...