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...cases, and the hospital staff. About a month ago, police apprehended a fugitive by shooting him in the leg. "This guy's set to walk," they told doctors, who promptly hustled him off to bed. Sometime later, the prisoner, who indeed was "set" to walk, eluded his guard and lept from a hospital window. Fleet-footed policemen pursued him and within a block's distance managed to score again--this time a direct hit in the other leg. Stuart Cope, Adams House junior, made the admittance report for the second time, and according to one account, police insisted the itinerant...
...feet would have been sufficient. Owen Torrey, of Harvard took second, clearing the bar at 11:6, wile the Crimson's Howard and the Purple's Calabrese tied for third a 11 feet. The broad jump, held underneath the sands, was won by Benesch of Rhode Island, who lept 20 feet, 11 1/3 inches to beat out Kennett by an inch and an eighth. Natale of State was third and Wyman fourth, Harvard's only point winning position in the event...