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Immediately after Christmas vacation, Coach Howe issued a call for
track candidates, and it was answered by the most promising squad in
years. Led by Captain Dan Mitchell, a group of over thirty fellows
worked out daily with high hopes for putting across the best indoor
season yet. Besides Mitchell, the best men in the forty-yard dash were the
veterans Thompson and Bowditch, with Stead warmly welcomed into the
fold. Our high jump squad included W . David, Gill, Myer, Merritt, and
Hanks. Strong has been the best broad jumper to date. In the forty-five
yard hurdles "Cap’n Danny” has had no peer, and Bowditch and Schwarz
are capable supplements. Syren, Wild, and Graeff are our "one thousand”
boys, while Don Batty and Merritt more than took care of the six hun­
dred. "Mitch,” "Tommy,” and Whitaker are the best three-hundred-yard
men, while the shot-put squad boasts Randall, Murdock, Blaney, Gill,
Mayo, and McLaughry.
The season opened against Noble and Greenough and the first hurdle
on the road to an undefeated team was a comparatively easy victory,
47-16. We won every first except in the shot, and scored clean sweeps in
the forty and high jump. Our team showed massive power even so early
in the season.
On the following week Mitchell led his teammates to a win over
Tabor at Marion by winning a brace of firsts in the hurdles and the forty,
and broke M. B. records in both events at the same time. Syren and Wild had another merry battle
for first place in the one thousand, and Davis and Gill tied for top honors in the high jump.
Bowditch was out with an injury, but nevertheless the Tabor score was kept below 20.
With Bowditch still out we journeyed up to the B. A. A. Meet in Boston, where all we could
garner was 2% points. Davis tied for third in the high jump at 5’ 10", and our relay of Mitchell,
Whitaker, Syren, and Batty took two points in a race with Noble and Greenough and Roxbury
Latin. There were two other schools who barely beat out our time of 3 minutes 40% seconds. In the
various events we had some bad luck, such as when Mitchell got set back for a false start, when Wild
was shoved out of the thousand and Thompson in the three hundred, in the scramble for places.
Seemingly smarting under the showing at Boston, a week later the team trimmed Browne and
Nichols to the tune of 56-7 in a decidedly one-sided meet. Capt. Bob Hayes of B. and N. was out
with an injury, and their team was undeniably disrupted. We took all firsts and every second except
one in the six hundred. Batty nosed out Woodman in a driving finish in this race. In the three hun­
dred Thompson nosed out Mitchell of M. B. and Blackwood of B. and N., the last two of whom
tied for second.
Scoring heavily again the following week, we took over LaSalle and Central High on our track.
Captain Mitchell set a new school record in the forty-five-yard hurdles of 5% seconds, a mark touched
by few college men, and in fact the intercollegiate record is the same. Our score in this meet, 37, was
even greater than the combined scores of both LaSalle and Central.
In the last tussle of the indoor season, the N. E. Private School
Championships, held at Harvard, we walked away with first place from a
fast field. The team showred great balance, winning five of the seven
events, and scoring at least seven points in six events. "Mitch,” as usual,
was the star, outshining Pope of Milton by winning the hurdles and the
three hundred, and being beaten only by Hayes of B. and N. in the forty.
Our other first place winners were Batty in the six hundred, Syren in the
one thousand, and Davis and Myer in the high jump. The first two of
these broke their own records by several seconds in their respective events.
In a recapitulation of the indoor track season, we find that we won
five out of six meets, the sixth one being the B. A. A. Meet. Our point
total was 234'/o, an average of over 39 a meet; we took 26 out of 36 first
places, and are comparatively weak only in the shot-put.
With the coming of the spring season our prospects look very bright.
In addition to all the winter men, there are many out for events which are
strictly outdoor. In the pole vault are Randall, Todd, Hanks, and Myer.
Discus throwers are Myer, Mayo, McLaughry, and the Lawsons. Javelin
throwers are Boehne, Myer, and Mayo. Ed Gill, Mayo, and McLaughry
are outstanding in the hammer. With this material added to the wealth
already on hand, it seems certain that we shall enjoy as successful a season
as last winter's.
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