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Rh "Well, you know what you can do and can't do. Still, I think that some others of us could double up, so to speak. We haven't but one miler on the team, as you know. Smith is doing his best, but unless he travels faster than he did last year he won't get a point. Springdale, from what I can learn, is especially strong this year at the mile, half and quarter and we've got to get some seconds and thirds in those events to have a chance at winning. Presser is willing to do all he possibly can, but he can't turn out runners if he isn't given material to work on. So, as I've said, it seems to me it would be a good plan to induce some of the fellows who are trying for field events to go in for track work. I don't suppose it's possible to take, say, a chap who has never done anything but jumping and make a good half-miler of him in a month, but if we can make him good enough to capture a third we're helping our chances."

"I think that's a splendid idea," said Captain Felker. "Of course, there are some of us who couldn't take up more than we are taking. I, for one. I'd be willing enough, but you simply can't run sprints or distances and do yourself justice at the pole-vault. Besides that, the arrangement of events interferes. But I do think there are fellows on the team who will be willing to enter two or, in