Word: discus
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...Discus in the Rain. The second day dawned cold and rainy. Mathias won his heat of the 110-meter hurdles, rested a while under a blanket on the wet ground, and then got up to make a mighty discus heave. But for a while no one knew just how far it was, or whether it would count, because someone had accidentally knocked over the marker showing where the discus fell. For about two hours, raincoated officials plodded around the soggy field looking for the marker. They found it at last, and measured out the longest toss...
...Minnesota's Fortune Gordien loafed through his discus-throwing exercises but still managed to win with a throw of 164 feet, 6 ½ inches. Last year, he did a tremendous 178.47 feet and commented: "That's nothing. I can do better...
...Michigan's Chuck Fonville, 21, the world's best shotputter, tossed the 16-lb. ball 54 feet, 7 inches to win the N.C.A.A. crown for a second year. His closest competitor: Discus-Thrower Gordien, who shot-puts as a sideline...
...hammer throw in every meet he has entered this spring, including the IC4A championships, and is favored to take the National Collegiate title at Minneapolis this Saturday, and the National AAU crown on July 2-3 at Milwaukee. He set new Harvard records in both the hammer and discus during the recent season...
...Bill Lawrence. Felton, the hammer favorite, thinks he'll have to throw about 185 feet to beat Jim Burnham of Dartmouth and Maine's Marsanskis. Final exams have prevented him from getting into shape, though. His teammate, Thorndike, may take fourth or fifth. Felton may also place in the discus...