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David C. Hamblett '49 of Nashua, New Hampshire, was elected captain of the 1948-49 Varsity track team last night at a meeting of this year's lettermen. Hamblett, an Exeter graduate, ran the 440 for Harvard this spring, beating Rhode Island State's IC4A champion Joe Hall, and losing out by inches to Scott Paradise and Ed Lucke in the Yale meet.
Don Trimble, who set a new Harvard record in the javelin throw this spring, was not allowed to vote because an arm injury kept him out of the Yale meet. To win a letter, an athletic must score in the Yale meet. After some deliberation, Trimble was permitted to join in the team photograph, which is made up of lettermen.
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