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...following is the second of two articles dealing with the history of the Triangular track meet. The first article, published in last Friday's Crimson, brought the survey up to the 1924 classic. This article brings the review to a conclusion...
...Triangular meet the Crimson pinned its hopes on the running events, but the Ithacans gained a decisive win in the annual three-cornered battle by a 12 point margin. The meet was in results a repetition of the 1922 battle, but the Crimson runners and 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...
...Coach Farrell had laid the foundation for the brilliant 1925 season, a which it can truly be said that Harvard track has never reached a higher point than it did in the Triangular meet on Saturday night, February 28. When it was all over Coach Farrell said, "I have never seen a better Harvard track team. I have never seen a finer group of men than made up that team." At a dinner at the Varsity Club on the night of Thursday, February 20, he had previously said to both the University and Freshman track squads. "I'm sure...
...first year of Coach Farrell's teaching they were to be the nucleus of a strong team. Moreover, at this time, one of the major lights of University track affairs began to Twinkle. For when A. H. Miller '27, in the Freshman dash event of the 1924 Triangular meet, led E. W. Goodwillie, Cornell first year sprinter to the tape, he not only equalled the University time of four and four-fifths seconds, but beat a promising dash man reputed to be able to outspeed any of the Cornell University squad...
...Triangular clash found the University on the short end of the score. Dartmouth had come to the fore and turned the tables on an inexperienced Cornell aggregation. The Green runners were heavy favorites before the meet and lived up to expectations. The Ithacans suffered from both inexperience and the graduation of the previous year. Harvard suffered most of all through injuries and illness. R. L. Hyatt '24, star high jumper, due to an injured back, was lost for the season. Percy Jenkins '24 was eliminated from the dashes by an attack of grippe. The Hanover invaders were generally powerful, scoring...