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Show GOPHERS ARE HANDY AT GRENADE HURLING MINNF.APOLIS, Minn., May 11. Minnesota's Min-nesota's superiority in the hand grenade, the new wartime event, added to the track programme this year, enabled the Gophers to defeat Wisconsin by a. score of 72 to 71 in their annual track nv;et here today. It was the first defeat on the cinder path and in the field that. Minnesota had administered lo Wisconsin in eight years. The Cardinals piled up a. commanding lead by placing in the dashes and making mak-ing a clean sweep in the high hurdles, two mile run, javelin throw and high Jump. The. Gophers, however, scored virtually all of the points in the weight events and were ono point behind their opponent at the beginning of the last event, the grenade-throwing contest. O. Hauser's accuracy in throwing the iron gave his team the advantage, enabling Minnesota to nose out Wisconsin by one point. |