Trackmen Surprise Brown, Dartmouth

Casey Stengel once said that it's better to be lucky than good, but it's best of all when you can be both, as the Harvard track team demonstrated Saturday when it racked up an unexpected total of 85 points to Brown's 59 and Dartmouth's 48.

Initially, Harvard's hopes had been dampened by the cold, wet conditions prevailing in Hanover, which made most of the events exercises in frustration, and the absence of tri-captain Todd Hooks, sidelined with a strained ankle, from three of the events he had starred in last week, the 100- and 220-yard dashes and the sprint relays.

But in each case, unheralded assistance came to the rescue. John Jackenfeld was the unexpected victor in the 100 and 220 events after earlier running a surprisingly strong anchor lap to cinch Harvard'swin in the sprint relays. Another lucky break for the Crimson was the unlooked-for performance of newcomer Henry Haggerty, who finished third in both the 220 and quarter-mile run.

The centerpiece of the afternoon, however, was Joe Pellegrini's 174-ft. -4- in. discus heave, which won the event and shattered the meet record. Geoff Stiles rewrote another meet record with a 15-ft. mark on the pole vault.

Spectacular

But the running events were the Crimson's strong suit, with a spectacular total of 55 points collected in that category alone.

Tri-captain Jeff Campbell demolished the competition in both the mile and half mile events, and Gary Schmidt also flew to a first-place finish in the quarter-mile, with a dramatic come-from-behind-you-saw-it-in-the-movies-once finish.

After the team's overwhelming performance, coach Bill McCurdy expressed guarded optimism about the future. "We should be able to handle Yale on Tuesday without any emotional jag, but Northeastern in the GBC's will be the big question to ponder."