Word: track
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...snort at the present and sigh for the good old days in characteristics of track fans as well as the G. O. P. Bill Bingham, Penn Hallowell, Jack Seborer, Emile Dubiel, Milt Green, Norm Cabbera--these have become legendary figures in the annals of Harvard track. And there is no doubt that spectator interest in Crimson track teams has declined since the days when hundreds of athletes and thousands of fans annually poured into the Stadium to witness the country's college cinder classic--the I. C. 4-A meet...
This year only a handful of enthusiasts turned out to watch one of Harvard's great track teams. For it was one of Harvard's best track teams, despite the outcome of the Heptagonal meet which was the result of an inevitable letdown after the pitch reached against Yale the week before. Moreover Jackko's team loses so little horsepower by graduation that an even more brilliant season is in the cards...
Overshadowed by the brilliant performances of George Downing, Jim Lightbody, and Don Donahue, Haydock has nevertheless been a real leader, lastilling into his team the spirit of hard work that has made it one of the most willing squads Jaakko has ever handted. Track is a hard, grueling, year-round sport that only says off for a . But the alledged strength of this year's team is provided largely by the men who don't always place in the money...
...brilliant past means anything, Jim Lightbody will be a fitting successor to Haydock. Son of an Olympic runner, Lightbody broke his back in high school and seemed shut out of track for life. As a Freshman he had already overcome this handicap when he made the Oxford-Cambridge meet; for two years now he has been unbeatable over the 440 and 880 distances...
...familiar faces will be missing when track operations start next year. Bob Gammons, Fred Ulen, Franny King (the game number two quarter-miler), Bob Haydock, Al Hanlon, Ros Brayton, and Fulton Cahners will have graduated. Chick Oldfather is transferring to No-breaks...