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Crew Breaks Record at Princeton; Track Team Crushes H.C. and B.U.

Trimble Lifts Javelin Mark Over 212 Feet

The gnys who paint in the new track records on the wall at Dillon are having a busy month. Last week, Sam Felton broke the 16-pound hammer record. Saturday, it was Don Trimble's turn.

On his sixth and final try, the 21-year-old Sophomore from Philadelphia threw the javelin 212 feet, 5 3/4 inches--3 feet, 11 1/4 inches beyond the red flag marking the old record.

Best Since 1946

This is the best performance in the East since Steve Seymour moved from Philadelphia to California two years ago. It made most of the shirt-sleeved crowd of 500 forget that the Crimson was flatironing Holy Cross and Boston University, 98 to 50 to 25.

The team victory was Harvard's third in three weeks. As usual, Coach Mikkola's field men had a soft afternoon, scoring 61 points to 9 for the Cross and 7 for B.U. Sam Felton won the hammer (172 feet, 3 inches) and the discus for the third straight Saturday. Biggest surprise was George Kumple's winning leap of 22 feet, 5 3/4 inches in the broadjump.

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On the track, Captain Frank Gurley won the mile and the 880 easily and Pat McCormick had no trouble in the 120-high and 220-low hurdles. The sprinters did poorly, picking up only fourths in the 100 and 220, but the explanation is that they were running against some very rapid men, as the winning times indicate. Stroke Charlie Rimmer pushed the stroke up to 38 with a half-mile left, but could not force the Crimson shell into the two-way struggle between the leaders, who widened the distance to a length and a quarter over Harvard before Princeton squeaked to a three-foot margin at the finish. Once again, Rutgers wallowed in its opponents' wakes

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