Under the direction of Coach Jakko Mikkola, nine members of the Harvard cross-country squad journeyed to Quincy early yesterday morning where they were initiated into the mysteries of the Finnish bath. Captain Tibbetts headed the Crimson squad which included Haggerty, Waters, Novogrod, Barker, Luttman, Kobes, Gordon and Boyce.
The value of the Finnish bath as a conditioning medium was not appreciated by American athletes until Paavo Nurmi visited this country last winter. During his series of record-breaking performances on American tracks, Nurmi made use of Finnish baths in New York and Chicago, and when he came to the Harvard Stadium to make his great bid for the American mile record held by Norman Tabor, he visited the baths at Quincy, accompanied by Coach Mikkola.
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