Word: discus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Standish took first place in both timber-topping events, which were won by J. J. Hayes '34; and in the hammer throw, high jump, and discus throw, won by J. J. Healey '34. Healey broke the college record, hurling the discus 144 feet and 2 inches, but the new mark was not counted because of the high wind. G. H. Porter '34 took first place for Smith Halls in the century and furlong sprints...
Triple winner in Class A was Kishon of Worcester Academy, who took the blue ribbon in the 12-pound shot put, and the hammer and discus throws...
...Discus throw-won by J.H. Dean '34 (12 ft.); third, R. P. Buch '34 (20 ft.). Distance...
Bernard Berlinger, 21, 6 ft. i in., 193 lb., captain of the Penn team, a student in the Wharton School of Finance, is a fair runner, a good jumper, a fine discus thrower, indoor intercollegiate shot-put champion, and a pole vaulter so proficient that only a few specialists, shooters for world's records, can beat him over the high bar. This year he wanted to break the world's decathlon record and make sure of a place on the Olympic team. He felt he could do it if he got better at the 1,500-metre...
Entries in the shot put are well matched, as Bennett and Kuchn; Rymph of Northeastern; Grondal of M. I. T.; Couhig of B. C. are all 43 footers. In the discus Couhig has been throwing 140 feet recently, and a battle is expected between him, Upton 1930, winner; and Rymph, who placed second