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CRAMPS BESET PLAYFAIR IN FIRST AND LAST MARATHON

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Bob Playfair will run no more marathons.

Contracting severe leg cramps at the 12 mile mark in the North Medford Club 20 mile race Saturday, the cross-country captain managed to last out 19 1/2 miles by pure grit. Overcome by exhaustion at this point, he wavered from the track and collided with a tree. After recovery at a nearby house, the verteran harrier announced that henceforth he would stick to the two mile.

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