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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...elimination process of the 50th annual I. C. A. A. A. A. track meet held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, the championship University of Southern California squad strengthened its chances to repeat in the finals this afternoon by qualifying 12 men, two more than either Yale or California, who are intrenched in second position. Houser, the brilliant weight man and leader of the Trojans, more than lived up to expectations by shattering both the shot put and discus marks in his qualifying efforts. Stanford and Georgetown each placed nine athletes in the semi-final and final events scheduled to start...
...heat. Moore of Penn State won the last race in handy fashion, and West of Stanford and Haas, the Georgetown captain, progressed to the finals with second honors. The high obstacle event should bring about some of the closest competition of the meet this afternoon, and on a fast track Dye is due to threaten the mark set by Earl Thompson six years ago. The Crimson entries, Ballantyne and Clarke, were completely shut out in the trials...
When the last discus hurtled into the Soldiers Field sward yesterday afternoon, reminiscences of other track days were beginning to be aired at the Algonquin Club. It was there that the squad of former contestants in I. C. A. A. A. A. meets gathered to discuss their chances in today's old-fashioned cinder events, and to recall their exploits on bicycles which have now become museum pieces and cinders which have long since disappeared...
Before the dinner each of the assemgled guests was given a certificate recounting the achievements he had hung up in previous meets. Henry McDevitt, a Dartmouth track star who was described on the program as being a lap ahead of all the other contestants, led a number of college songs, after which the meeting was given over to speeches...
Former contestants returning to the track and field championships which mark the fiftieth anniversary of the 1. C. A. A. A. A. face a strenuous two days, today and tomorrow. W. F. Garcelon '94 heads a committee which has invited all former participants to attend and has made elaborate preparations for the reception and entertainment of the 400 who are expected to turn up for the occasion...