Word: discuses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was not much doubt about the early events on Saturday. Kenneth Churchill won five points for California and set a new intercollegiate record by throwing the javelin 220 ft. 11? in. No one else could do 200 ft. Stanford's Jones won the discus throw without much trouble, with a Southern Californian second and Henri Laborde of Stanford third. Eddie Tolan, Michigan's little Negro sprinter who holds the official world record (9.5 sec.) for the distance, was entered in the 100-yd. dash, but Frank Wykoff of Southern California, whose unofficial record is 9.4 sec., beat...
...track meet, the spectators are sometimes likely to overlook the field events because it is easier to spot the athletes who are running races than the ones who are throwing the discus, javelin, hammer. Late in the afternoon, Michigan and Illinois were still ahead, nearly tied, with four events still undecided. Wisconsin, almost overlooked, had won the high jump and the two-mile run (establishing a new Conference record), placed second in the mile, the 440, and the shot-put. Kabat's discus throw, 150 ft. 10½ in., nowhere near the record but five feet better than Purma...
...Discus throw--Won by Eliot (D); second, Lee (D); third, Bromberg (D). Distance--137 ft., 2 in. (new mark not allowed...
...return to the Dartmouth camp of R. E. Lee, discus and javelin thrower, and of George Stevens, sprinter, both of whom missed the Dartmouth-Brown-Columbia meet has greatly strengthened the Green team's chances for success on Saturday...
...Discus throw--Won by J. J. Healey (St); second, J. H. Dean (G); third, L. P. Baldwin (St). Distance...