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Harvard won two events and that was about all it did the whole afternoon. Willo Fisher won the hammer throw with 153 feet 6 1/2 inches, brother Jack, surprisingly, being out of the money. Pete Harwood went up to 12 feet 6 inches to win the pole vault, while Owen Torrey cleared 12 feet, his best mark of the season, to tie with John Barrow of Navy for second place...
...from last year's squad. Returnees, who played on the 1942 team, the last year of formal ball, are few and far between. Cleo O'Donnell, elected captain at the end of that season, will be back. So will Len Cummings, an end, and possibly guard Sid Smith. Willo and Jack Fisher will be around too. But that's just about all, with the possible exception of Wally Flynn and Pete Garland...
...less melancholy side of the ledger, Jack Fisher came within less than 2 feet of the Harvard hammer throw record to win the event quite easily with a throw of 168 feet 2 inches. Willo Fisher took second with 157 feet 1/2 inch...
...addition to these veterans, the squad that swamped Holy Cross and Rhode Island State last Saturday will be around to add to their laurels. Included in this group are the Fisher brothers, Jack and Willo, one of whom, according to Mikkola, may set a new hammer throw record if all goes well. The present record of 170 feet, 1 inch was set by W. J. Shallow...
...field events, the discus throw was taken by Jackson with a toss of 172 feet 6 3/4 inches. Pete Garland of the Crimson was second with 123:1, Lauro of Rhode Island third with 120:1 and Willo Fisher fourth with a heave...