Word: triangular
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following is the second of two articles dealing with the history of the Triangular track meet. The first article, published in last Friday's Crimson, brought the survey up to the 1924 classic. This article brings the review to a conclusion...
...Triangular meet the Crimson pinned its hopes on the running events, but the Ithacans gained a decisive win in the annual three-cornered battle by a 12 point margin. The meet was in results a repetition of the 1922 battle, but the Crimson runners and weight men were making a more threatening bid for honors. The victory of J. N. Watters '26 over Captain E. B. Kirby of Cornell, intercollegiate mile champion, is described as one of the indoor classics of all time. Fifteen yards behind Kirby and tiring fast, Watters uncorked a terrific sprint in the last two laps...
...first year of Coach Farrell's teaching they were to be the nucleus of a strong team. Moreover, at this time, one of the major lights of University track affairs began to Twinkle. For when A. H. Miller '27, in the Freshman dash event of the 1924 Triangular meet, led E. W. Goodwillie, Cornell first year sprinter to the tape, he not only equalled the University time of four and four-fifths seconds, but beat a promising dash man reputed to be able to outspeed any of the Cornell University squad...
First, by looking at the comparative scores of the nine previous Triangular meets, an idea may be obtained of the progress which the Crimson track team has made in the last three years. The origin of the classic goes back to the year 1917, when the University runners trailed the Hanoverian spikemen while Penn State, at that time the third party in the meet, made a miserable showing, accumulating only 11 1-2 points. In 1918 the World War intervened and it was not until 1920 that the next Triangular meet was held. Cornell now took the place of Penn...
...Triangular clash found the University on the short end of the score. Dartmouth had come to the fore and turned the tables on an inexperienced Cornell aggregation. The Green runners were heavy favorites before the meet and lived up to expectations. The Ithacans suffered from both inexperience and the graduation of the previous year. Harvard suffered most of all through injuries and illness. R. L. Hyatt '24, star high jumper, due to an injured back, was lost for the season. Percy Jenkins '24 was eliminated from the dashes by an attack of grippe. The Hanover invaders were generally powerful, scoring...