Varsity Track Team Runs Over M.I.T., 78-26, in Season Opener

Everybody ran in the wrong event and generally had one hell of a good time last night at Briggs Cage, but it didn't make each difference. The varsity track team, with coach Bill McCurdy experimenting mildly, downed M.I.T., 78 to 26.

McCurdy got some supervising early-season performances out of some of his heroes. The coach put Marty Beckwith, The team's top high jumper, in the broad jump, where he could forget about high jumping and his forthcoming match with B.U.'s John Thomas.

Beckwith relaxed so much that he whipped the widely-heralded advanced placement sophomore Al Albright and turned at the best broad jump by a Harvard man in several years-23 ft., 3 in., a new Harvard Briggs Cage record.

Miler Mark Mullin, running in the 600 against teammate Dave Nawl and M.I.T. co-captain George Withbroe, showed that he is a hard man to keep down. He made his move in the last 100 yards and caught Nawi less than 15 yards from the finish. For a distance man who claims little natural speed, his time of 1:16.9 was excellent.

Art Doten, brother of the mighty Stan, won the 35-lb, weight throw with a fine 53 ft., 3 in., effort. Reports from the practice grounds indicate that his brother has been out around the 63 ft. mark.

In the night's serious race, the hurdles, M.I.T. ace Joe Davis edged the Crimson's Tom Blodgett with a time of 5.4. Davis.

Freshman soccer captain Chris O'Hiri led the Yardlings to a 92-17 triumph. Before incurring a slight muscle pull, O'Hiri established Freshman indoor and Harvard Freshman Cage marks with a 22 ft., 6 3/4 in., leap in the broad jump. His 4.6 in. the 40-yard dash was one-tenth of a second off the Freshman indoor record.

Eddie Mehan, a distance man like Mullin, did even better than his counterpart on the varsity, winning the 600 in 1:16.5.