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Harvard's Ron Wilson had the best day among the weightmen. His toss of 187 ft. 6 in in the hammer was his season's best but fell 6 ft. off Cadet John Graham's meet-record throw of 193 ft. The Idaho husky also scored the Crimson's only first in the weights, winning the discus with a chuck...
Harvard's sophomore weightmen each won his speciality. Dick Benka took the shot with a toss of 52'10''; Bruce Hedenhal won the discus at 155'1''; and serious Charley a jootian threw the hammer 164'3''. Ron Wilson's broken bone in his left foot restricted him to seconds in the hammer and discus...
...Crimson weightmen swept the shot put and the 35 pound weight for a quick 18 points. Sophomore Dick Benka threw 53' 3/4" for first place in the shot, while Charlie Ajootian and Bruce Hedendal placed second and third, both with throws of 52' 1 1/2". In the 35 pound weight, Ron Wilson hurled to the 56' 1/2" mark with Charlie Ajootian finishing second and Gene Mazel third...
...varsity needs some hefty sophomores to back up to Ron Wilson next year, and weightmen Ajootian and Benka look like the best bets. Tom Callahan, who reeled off a record-breaking time of 2:16.3 in the 1000-yard run indoors, and Bernson, who holds the freshman spear-throwing mark, will probably also make the trip upstairs...
Croasdale, John Bakkensen, and Ray Frieden should have little trouble with the Bruin weightmen. Three Brown high jumpers cleared 6 ft., 2 in. in a meet with B.U. earlier in the season, but that's well below the range of Pardee and Njoku...