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Boston's famed gift to athletics, the 26-mile, 385-yard Patriots' Day Marathon, which each year adds laureled heroes to the ranks of running's greats, yesterday culled but one doughty Crimsonite for the gruelling stretch.
Official timers shook their heads, and no one dared guess last night what had happened to John J. Costello '40, only Harvard challenger to winner Pawson.
Everything from corns, blisters, and abdominal constrictions crippled last year's entries, James W. Gerrity '39 and Francis W. Scofield '40, who plugged along for some seven miles before finally collapsing by the roadside.
Although elated over the fact that a Harvard man had dared to start, track coach Jaakko Mikkola said last night: "I would not advise any college student to try to run the B.A.A. Marathon, because he has not sufficient time to train."
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