Varsity, Yardling Runners Defeat Strong B.U. Squads

The Crimson track team began bearing out pre-season predictions of power when it easily defeated a strong Boston University squad 69 5/6 to 39 1/6 Saturday in Briggs Cage, The freshmen, led by Bob Rittenburg, Herb Collins, and Dave-Ingle also won easily, 89 to 18.

Dave Gregory provided the high-light of the meet when he ran away from B.U.'s sensational sophomore, John Kelley, in the final two lags of the two mile to win with a very good 9:43.6 clocking. Kelley, New England cross country champion, had earlier upset the Crimson's Dave Cairns in the mile.

The meet's only double winner was Bob Twitchell who edged out Bill Geick and Charlie Durakis in the dash and hurdles respectively. Another potential double winner, Cliff Blair of the visitors, took the hammer throw as expected but was upset in the shot by Bob Ray's toss of 48 feet 4 7/8 inches.

Harvard showed unexpected strength in the field events, when it took second and third in the weight, first and second in the broad jump, and first and a tie for second in the high jump. Dwight Black and Pete Curran got off their best thrown of the year to take the places in the weight event, while Captain Bill Geick and Bob Mello had little trouble in the broad jump. Mello also took his usual first spot in the pole vault.

B.U.'s strong middle distance runners performed well but not as well as the visitors had hoped. Freshman Bill Smith beat the Crimson's Ed Grutsner for second in the 600. Ronnie Berman won in the good time of 1:16.4.