Crimson Crushes Dartmouth As Wills Breaks Meet Mark

It may have been the unexpected sunlight, or it may have been the good condition of the Stadium track, but whatever the reason, the Crimson track team gave its strongest dual track exhibition in many years Saturday, slaughtering Dartmouth, 100 to 40. Two meet records were broken and a third tied.

The convincing performances given by Coach Bill McCurdy's athletes, especially by Captain Bob Rittenburg, Al Wills, Carl Goldman, Dave McLean, and Dick Wharton, must make the varsity one of the favorites in the Heptagonals, May 14. In addition, the Green's Peter Jebsen, by winning the half mile in the record time of 1:54.4, must be picked to win that distance in the Heps.

Rittenburg, who in the past two weeks has shown that last year's lay-off has not hurt him very much, won the 120 high hurdles with a 14.7, trying the meet record. Lee Hurd was second and Joel Cohen third. In addition to this event, the Crimson also swept the 220-yard dash, won by Renny Little in 21.9, and the 440-yard run, captured by Dick Wharton in 49.7 with Little second.

Wharton Loses

Wharton had the misfortune of meeting up with Jebsen in the 880, and the fleet senior defeated him by some 30 yards. Doug Brew of the Green was second. Wharton had a 1:57 for third.

Right behind teammate Phil Williams for most of the race, Wills poured it on in the last quarter to win the mile run by about 15 yards. His 4:19 time was very good this early in the season, and besides breaking the meet record of 4:20 means Wills should retain the Heptagonal title he won indoors.

Goldman, a consistently reliable weight man, tossed the hammer further than he had ever done before, 177 ft., 9 1-4 in. This is good enough seriously to threaten Yale's Stew Thomson. In a mild upset, sophomore Dave McLean ran away from Don French to win the two-mile run with a 9:46.6, also a very good varsity time.

Besides his hurdles win, Rittenburg captured the broad jump, tied for first in the high jump with the Green's Dick Fairley, and finished second to Cohen in the 220 lows. Cohen's 23.9 was also a pleasant surprise for McCurdy. Other Crimson winners were Art Siler in the discus, and Ed Carter in the 100.

In a close freshman meet, Dartmouth edged the Yardlings, 72 to 68. The best Crimson performance was by Ralph Perry, who won the two mile in 10:15.2.