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VONCKX WINS HAMMER THROW IN THE FALL HANDICAP MEET

G. F. Bennett Takes Second Place With 13-Foot Advantage

P. N. Vonckx '31 yesterday afternoon won the 35 pound weight in the tall University Handicap Meet. As in previous years, all the other events of this meet were held at the end of October while this was postponed for about a month. G. F. Bennett '33 took second place, while Murdock Finlayson '32 came in third.

Vonckx, who started from search, threw the weight 46 feet 6 inches, after which was Bennett's toss of 41 feet 10 inches, including a 13 foot handicap. Finlayson, with a three foot lead was measured at 40 feet 2 inches.

Vonckx was the outstanding weight man on the Harvard track team last spring and one of the few field men to qualify in the outdoor I. C. 4-A.

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