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...past years the Club has made a good showing at these contests, winning the prize cup permanently in 1921 after three successive victories. A, leg on a second cup was won the next year, but an end was put to the long line of successes by the scoring of Dartmouth and Yale in the last two contests...
...performer for the University, having cleared 5 ft. 11 in, regularly. But Dartmouth threatens to carry off this event through the jumping of Herrmann, who has done 6 feet this winter. For the broad jump Coach Farrell presents Broome, whose ability is steadily increasing. Robb, who suffered a broken leg in football, is entered, despite the handicap of his injury. The chances of the pole-vaulters cannot be prophesied for except Atwater, the entrants are untried. Whatever may be Cornell's threat in the weights, Porter in the shotput and Berglund in the 35-pound weight should be able...
Dogs are expert in judging human quality. With a single sniff at a man's trouser-leg, they determine his social standing; one leap against his chest is enough to inform them of his character. It is more difficult fora man to judge of the excellences of a dog. He requires paraphernalia-ropes, lights, leashes, a specially constructed pen, an exhaustive training; often his fellows gather in great packs to observe his judgments, which they confirm with shrill murmurs or deride with rasping growls. Last week such a display took place in Manhattan at the annual dogshow...
...lodges some curious potency ; and who shall say that Osborne's was not charmed? For, after acutely regarding this raffish talisman, Osborne measured his distance, sprang from the ground higher than ever a man had hoisted his body before at an indoor meet. As he crossed the bar, his leg touched it, set it to tottering. Seated on the ground, Osborne looked imploringly up. Nearby, mute, sat the magic shoe. The bar, as if upheld by legerdemain, stopped its quaking, its teetering, rested fast on the uprights, 6 ft. 61/4 in. up. Thus was a new world's record...
...Lundell held but did not increase. The time, 3.08, was only 1 4-5 seconds slower than the fastest mark of the evening made by Georgetown. The Freshman relay team running Tech had a walkaway in 3.16 1-5 after Luttman ran away from Schwartz on the second leg...