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Beginning with the 100-yard dash trial heats at 3 o'clock, the open handicap meet of the H.A.A. will furnish some of the most interesting track competition seen on the Stadium track this year. The feature event of the afternoon, the special mile run, in which Jole Ray will make an assault upon the world's record for the distance, will alone draw a large gallery. This race is scheduled to start at 4 o'clock. Holders of H.A.A. season tickets will be admitted to the Stadium, the charge for others being 50 cents and one dollar...
Yesterday afternoon all of the Crimson entrants had a complete rest, which, following a week of rather intensive training, should put them in excellent condition. Ray, who worked out Wednesday and Thursday on the Stadium track, also laid off work yesterday in preparation for the big race today...
Among the many brilliant individuals who will compete today, several stand out with particular prominence. Among these are Murchison and Waterman in the dashes, Christianson in the hurdles, Allen and Dudley in the quarter, Burke and Kirley in the half, Ray, Kennedy, and Watters in the mile, Gourdin in the broad jump, Brown in the high jump, and Dandrow in the hammer and discus, throws...
...center of interest tomorrow will probably be the special mile race in which Joie Ray, the national champion, will attempt to break the existing record of 4 minutes 12 3-5 seconds. Because of the fear that, if a new mark were established in a large and spread-out field, the stigma of a paced race might be attached to it, arrangements have been made to run an extra mile distance, and limit Ray's opposition to four runners, Kennedy of Yonkers with a 35-yard handicap, Mahoney of the B. A. A. with 90 yards, J. N. Watters...
Yesterday afternoon Ray worked out again on the Stadium track, running a fast quarter mile with Captain Burke, Merrill, and Gordon of the University squad. He declared that he is weighing 125 pounds and for the last two weeks has been conscientiously training for a big effort in his record breaking attempt tomorrow...