Word: discus
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...event in the meet are the dashes, the hurdles, and the discus. Joel Landau meets Dick Fisk and Keith Moore in the hurdles, both do-or-die races for the varsity. Sandy Dodge, who last week ran a 9.8 to tie the Harvard 100-yard dash record, is favored over Yale's John Halpern, but Halpern has the edge in the 220. Dodge and Dick Wharton could place second and third...
Having met at the Olympic games in Australia and married despite mountains of red tape in Red-ruled Czechoslovakia, Champion Hammer Thrower Harold Connolly, 25, the pride of Boston, and his bride, Champion Discus Thrower Olga Filcotova, 24, the pride of Prague, sailed happily into New York harbor, down to "our last 35?." Exclaiming on the beauties of Fifth Avenue's shop windows, Olga was quickly reassured by her mother-in-law: "This is nothing. Wait until you see Boston, the seat of all culture...
Much will rest on the showings of several key men. Pete Reider is figured for firsts in both the mile and the two-mile, while Tony Gianelly in the discus, Carl Pescosolido in the javelin, and Jim Cairns in the 880 are all being counted on to win their events...
Pete Harpel, who had won the hammer throw at the Penn Relays the day before, set a meet record in winning the hammer, with teammate John Du Moulin second. Tony Gianelly and Neil Muncaster placed one-two for the varsity in the discus, while Jim Doty won the shot, with Hank Abbott third. Carl Pescosolido won the javelin, while John deKiewiet took the high jump, with Rosenthal and Craig Muncaster in a three-way tie for third...
Tony Gianelly, Neil Muncaster, and Hal Anderson threaten to sweep the discus, while only the Tiger's Dick Knorr stands between record-holder Pete Harpel, John DuMoulin, and Jim Doty and a fourth varsity sweep in the hammer...