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Yesterday morning Joie Ray arrived in Cambridge, and in preparation for his race on Saturday worked out on the Stadium track during the afternoon...
After warming up by jogging two laps, the champion went through a half-mile trial which was clocked in 1 minute 58 3-5 seconds. Ray seems to be in excellent condition and should press to limit Kennedy of Yonkers, N. Y., and Watters of the Freshman squad, both of whom have 35-yard handicaps for the mile distance Saturday...
...Joie Ray will compete in the open handicap meet of the H. A. A. in the Stadium Saturday. The first definite word was received yesterday by the H. A. A. in the form of the telegram, "Is my race on?" As two of the best of the specially invited runners, Brookins, the Iowa hurdler, and Captain Connolly, the Georgetown miler, had sent word earlier in the day that they could not compete, Ray's acceptance of the invitation is especially welcome to the track management. Taylor, the Princeton quarter-miler, who was listed among the definite starters Saturday has also...
Among the ten entries for the mile, Kennedy of Yonkers, N. Y., will probably press Ray the hardest. The fact that he finished on Ray's heels on Memorial Day and came in second in the N. Y. A. C. handicap mile last Saturday with the time of 4.22 makes him a real possibility to draw Ray...
...Ray is expected to arrive in Boston today or tomorrow. With good conditions on Saturday it is quite likely that he may turn in a sensational mile, despite the inability of such runners as Connolly of Georgetown, Douglas of Yale, and Kirby of Cornell, to compete with him in his attempt to break Norman Tabor's old record...