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Jack Fisher was high scorer for the meet with 12 points, winning the hammer throw with a mark of 153 feet 2 inches, a scant two feet further than his brother Willo reached. In addition he captured the discus with a throw of 130 feet 6 inches and took a third in the shotput...
Jack Fisher scored an upset over his brother Bill--known to Crimson track and football fans as "Willo"--to win the 35-pound weight throw in the I.C.4-A track meet in New York Saturday. Sole representatives of Jaakko Mikkola's squad, they threw the weight 51 feet, 11 1/2 inches, and 49 feet, 10 inches, respectively...
After beating Jack last week in the nationals, Willo, 1943 I.C.4A champion, was forced to take second honors Saturday, winning over Sam Felton of Dartmouth, who was third with a heave of 49 feet, 3 3/4 inches...
...Willo" and Jack Fisher will try for laurels with the 35-pound shot and Pete Garland with the 15-pound. "Willo" held the I.C. 4-A little before entering the Army in 1943. The single entry in the pole vault is Pete Harwood, who, says Mikkola, has a good chance to win if he equals past performances...
...hopes of supplying the necessary talent from the expected influx of new men. In the meanwhile, the big guns of the squad will be veterans Doug Pirnie, intercollegiate 220 yard record holder; Ted Withington, 50 second quarter miler; Pete Garland, winner of three first in the 1942 Freshman meet; Willo Fisher, intercollegiate 35 pound weight and hammer throw-champion; Frank Coolidge, all winning in 1942 at 100 and 220 yards; and Bill Ellis, middle distance runner...