Word: discus
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...this year in these events than have been scored in them in recent years, and he is working to overcome this prevalent weakness of the University teams of the recent past. He stated yesterday that C. A. Pratt '28 is in his best early season form in throwing the discus and Javelin, that David Guarnaccia '29 shows greater promise than ever in the discus, and that T. G. Moore '29 is hurling the javelin with more ease than in customary so early in the season...
...meter dash, 800 meter run (rare in U. S.), 400 meter relay, high jump, discus throw...
Continuing his discussions with the CRIMSON on America's chances at the Olympics, Coach E. L. Farrell, University track coach said that in the field events the United States outranked the Europeans in the high jump, the pole vault, the discus throw and the broad jump...
Farrell then told about the discus champions in America. Houser, Hoffmann and Hartranft have all thrown the plate at least 150 feet. The best which Europe can show is the German, Hanchen's, 149 foot shot. Others are all under 146 feet. We will more than hold our own in that event," Farrell added, "and I can say the same of the broad jump...
...gentleman has been in the act of throwing the plate, or discus, for some centuries since he was carved out of Attic marble by Myron, the Greek sculptor, and he is known to the world as Diskobolos, or discus thrower. Professor Chase will speak on the Diskobolos and other works of Myron at 12 o'clock today in the Fogg Museum...