In the Roxbury Latin School games held yesterday afternoon at the M. I. T. gymnasium, Harvard men won every open event except the potato race. W. G. Morse '99 showed up best, winning the high jump at 5 ft. 11 1-2 on the first try at that height, and taking second place in the hurdle race. This is the first season that he has tried high jumping and with practice he should do better than six feet, out doors. E. H. Clarke L. S. won the hurdle race from a large field, while Gould 1900 and Roche '99 took first and second respectively in the thirty yards dash. R. H. Morrison '99, with 9 inches, won the pole vault at 9 ft. 8 in. actual.
The summary: 35 yards hurdle race, scratch-1st, Clark L. S.; 2d, Morse '99; time, 4 4-5s. 30 yards dash, scratch-1st, E. D. Gould 1900; 2d, J. T. Roche '99; time, 3 4-5s. Running high jump, handicap-1st, W. G. Morse '99, 5 ft. 11 1-2, scratch; second, A. N. Rice 1900, 5 ft. 8 1-2 in. actual, handicap 3 1-4 in. Pole vault-1st, R. H. Morrison '99, 9 ft. 8 in. actual vault, handicap 9 in.
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