Word: aau
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Felton, Jaakko Mikkola's former star weight chucker, came through to win the National AAU 35 pound weight throwing event, as predicted, in New York Saturday night. He narrowly beat out two collegians and two Olympians with a throw of 57 feet, 11 3/4 inches. Bob Bennett of Rhode Island, last year's winner and number one weight thrower in the Olympics, failed to place...
...favored to win in the IC4A and National AAU last year and the National AAU this year, but Saturday night was the first time he lived up to expectations. Jack Servis of Cornell was runner-up with a throw of 57 feet, 8 7/8 inches...
...freshman aftermath, John Chafee's boys stopped St. George's School, 21-17, and at Attleboro Don Louria and Dan Ray copped the New England AAU 175 and 155 pound titles respectively...
...regular New England AAU competition, Boo Morcom, "the barefoot boy from New Hampshire," won the pole vault championship with a hoist of 14 feet; Rudy Forbert, a barrel-chested Tufts junior, took the broad jump at 21 feet, 6 1/3 inches; and Olympic hammer thrower Bob Bennett won the regular 35-pound weight throw with a loft of 52 feet, 1 7/3 inches...
Roger Wach suffered a recurrence of his knee injury this week and Dave Coombs, regular 121-pounder, will have to take over at 136. Joe Kozol goes back to 121; Buddy King, former New England AAU champ, returns to 145; and Captain Bob Claffin and Howie Houston stay at the 175 and heavyweight posts...