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Intercollegiate track meets echo early athletics era
A nostalgic preview of the Inter collegiate A.A.A.A. championships at Edwards Stadium Berkeley over the first days of July. The piece recalls bygone events from high wheeled bicycle races to pole vaults, notes East versus West rivalry, and highlights figures like Eastman of Stanford, Cunningham, Venzke, and former stars while detailing evolving sprint and distance times and the Western dominance of the meet.
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Edwards Stadium
Berkeley
Pryor
Columbia
Hazerda
Ben Eastman
Stanford
Labie
Elose
Eastman
Stevens
Willams
Western
Southern California
Los Angeles
Palo Alto
Atlantic
Wykoff
Kiesel