Cadets Capture Field Events To Destroy Crimson Thinclads

The Crimson's tremendous output of energy at the GBCs last week took its toll Saturday when an exhausted and depleted Harvard track team fell to Army, 88-47, at the ITT.

The Cadets exhibited great strength in the Crimson's weakest areas, capturing 41 out of a possible 53 points in the field events.

The absence of pole vaulter captain Geoff Stiles and running machine John Murphy, due to maladies, further weakened the Crimson squad.

The loss of Murphy hurt the team's depth more than its strength, since Thad McNulty proved himself capable of repeating Murphy's GBC performance when he captured both the mile and the 1000 while Army settled for second and third places in those events.

Adam Dixon continued his efforts to give coach Bill McCurdy an ulcer before the end of the season as the freshman standout waited until the last 100 yards before he passed three Army runners to grab first-place honors in the 600.

Another ulcer-aggravating race featured Peter Fitzsimmons crossing the two-mile finish line .4 seconds before Cadet Grogan while Harvard's Eddie Sheehan followed close behind.

The track shoe was on the other foot, however, in the 60-yd. dash, as Army's sprinter beat out Harvard's Joe Salvo, who had emerged victorious in that event at the GBCs last week.

Ten of the Crimson's 12 field-event points belonged to Sola Mahoney, who turned in first-place leaps in both triple and long jumps and, thereby, stopped an Army massacre. Mahoney's triple jump set a personal best.

In retaliation for Mahoney's outstanding performance, the Cadets shot down Harvard by sweeping the hurdles, the high jump, the pole vault and the shot put.