Word: yales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With a nucleus of stars surrounded by a number of almost certain second and third place winners, the well balanced 1932 track team promises to avenge the defeats which have been administered to Freshman teams by the Blue Yearlings for the past 19 years when it meets the Yale Freshman aggregation at New Haven tomorrow afternoon...
Farrell's Harvard teams have beaten Yale only once in the five years he has been head coach. That was last year when Harvard waded through the Stadium mud to beat the Elis 78 to 57. But one of his other teams lost to Yale by one-third of a point and Harvard, although frequently outmanned, never has been smothered by Yale during the Farrell regime...
...Yale has a fine track team--well balanced, well coached, alert, competent. In toppling Princeton 86-49, Yale won the 100 yards in 10s, the 220 in 21 7-10s, the quarter in 49s, the two miles in 9.54 7-10, the low hurdles in 23 3-5s, the shot at 44.5 1-2, the hammer at 165.2 1-2, (breaking a record of 25 years' standing), the discus at 135.7 1-4 and the pole vault at 13.4. Furthermore, two other Yale vaulters cleared 12.5, and its best high hurdler was a scant three yards behind...
...Yale likewise boasts several outstanding athletes in the person of Avery and Taylor. The former, although incapacitated by a leg injury from taking part in the pole vault, his best event, is nevertheless good for a 130 foot throw in the discus. Taylor attains a 130 footmark in the hammer throw consistently...
Long rows have featured the intensive practice sessions of the University crews during the last few days in their preparation for the four mile grind with Yale one month from today. With B. J. Harrison '29 pulling a stroke oar in the attempt to unearth a pace setter, the crews are gradually accustoming theemselves to his rythm...