Word: broads
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Several awards were presented at the banquet, most important of which was the James L. McLaughlin Memorial Trophy, donated by members of last year's freshman squad. McLaughlin, a popular hurdler and broad jumper from Montana, died during the summer. The award, for the Freshman "who combines natural ability with a great deal of team spirit," west of Gilbert Martin Schiff, of Cincinnati and Wiggles worth Hall...
Awards for greatest improvement went to sprinter-broad jumper Dave Carter, weight man Fred Ravreby, 17-year-old freshman hurdler Bob Twitchell, and quarter-miller Ed Grutzner...
...performance for Kirkland came, from Jim Gabler, who went 20 feet, 1 1-2 inches in the broad jump and then tied for first in the high jump at 5 feet 7 inches with Harry Furth of Eliot. Nat Howard flipped the shot 46 feet, 5 inches for the other Kirkland first...
Puritan Bill Erman won the javelin. His 143-foot toss was nearly 13 feet ahead of Deacon Frank Manheim's effort, with Gene Kearney of Adams third and Bellboy Oscar DePriest fourth. Roger Davis of Adams was a close second in the broad jump, followed by Ronnie Breslow of Lowell and Dann Troxell of Leverett. Funster John Simpson and Owen Edmonds of Kirkland tied for fifth...
Dave, Carter contributed the second best broad jump of his career, but finished nine inches behind the 24 feet, 5-3 inches of Princeton's Ed Davis. Carter later won his trial heat in the 100, but was fourth in the tight finish of the final. Captain Geoff Tootell was the only other Crimson double-scorer, with a third in the discus and fourth in the shot behind the Eli muscle men. Al Wilson was fifth with the discus...