There was little glory in store for the few members of the track squad that managed to show up at the A. A. U. championship meet at Dedham yesterday, and the poor shape of the cindermen took its toll, leaving the Crimson with one first, three seconds and a third.

High scorer for the Crimson was Sandy Wheeler who took first in the shot put, but whose throw of 43 1/2 feet was not too strong by comparison with Harvard records in that event. In broad jump, high jump, and mile, the contestants failed to even put in an appearance, perhaps realizing that their chances of placing were not great.

Coolidge Third In 100

In the 100, three of the six finalists were Crimson runners, but one of the best dash men on the squad, Frank Coolidge, could only pull in a third behind Sid Stayman of Worcester Tech, and Sandy Patterson. Following Coolidge were Wes Flint and Moe Young. Even the winner's time in this event was slow, 10.2 seconds, due probably to the soft track.

Only familiar face in the 440 was that of Fred Withington, who took a second behind Larry Stewart of M. I. T. after passing Tom McKenna of Concord High in the home stretch. Max Pincus ran a strong race in the 880, but the powerful sprint of Bob Miller of M. I. T., Who had already won the mile, left Pincus in second place.

One of the brighter showings of the day was Bob Kent's second in the three mile run. The Harvard senior was hot on the heels of the winner, Bob Black, of the Lawrence Y.M.C.A. until the last mile, when Black opened up wide and left Kent behind. Tim Coggeshall and Joe McAndrews took fourth and fifth in this event.

MacKinnon Triumphant in Buffalo

News from other track fronts, showed that Captain Don MacKinnon at the Buffalo Fireman's meet, had reached one of the high points in his high career, taking a first in the high hurdles, and a second in the low. Whitey Hald of Michigan Normal split with MacKinnon, taking a second in the highs, and a first in the lows. The winning time in the high hurdles was 15.5, a second more than the Harvard record set by Don Donahue, and 1.6 seconds more than Hlad's record time. The time in the low hurdles was 25.2 seconds, and both these times were slowed up by poor track conditions.

In the Dedham meet yesterday, the Crimson trackmen were outclassed, with a few exceptions almost hopelessly; and a good half of the entrants did not even care or date to show up.