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...Discus throw...
Events planned for Friday include the javelin, 16-pound hammer, 16-pound shot, high jump, broad jump, pole vault, and discus. On Saturday the program will feature the 100, 220, 440, 880, mile, two-mile, 120-yard high hurdles and 220-yard low hurdles. No relays will be run. To make sure everybody has an equal chance, handicaps will be assigned by the coaches...
...this year, with seasoned veterans hitting their prewar stride, Coach Mikkola's team may give the man who letters in the new records a busy season. Without crawling too far out on the limb, it is safe to say that records in the hammer, shot, discus, pole-vault, and hurdles will all be in serious jeopardy as soon as official competition gets under...
...looks like somebody from Greek mythology and throws the shot put a lot farther, tossed 49 feet 6 inches in the 1942 Freshman Yale meet. The college record is 50 feet 6 3/4 inches, held by H. P. Mendel '40. Felton Garland and Jackson will all double in the discus. Elsewhere in the field events, more holdovers from the indoor season will spearhead the Crimson scoring thrust. Pete Harwood, Bill Lawrence, Owen Torrey and Tom Johnson have all proved their qualifications for the pole-vault, with Harwood up around 13 feet 6 inches, Lawrence and Torrey pushing 13 feet...
...throwing events hold the most interest for future Harvard track stars. Dave Murray is doing exceptionally well with the javelin and John Thorndike is giving the discus long rides on these hot summer afternoons...