Word: discuses
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...yard run, mile run, 5-mile run, 120-yard hurdle race, 220-yard hurdle race, 440-yard hurdle race, 3-mile walk, pole-vault, high jump, broad jump, running hop-step and jump, throwing 56-pound weight, 16-pound hammer-throw, 16-pound shot-put, throwing the discus and the javelin...
...relay races a nucleus for Olympic teams, and it will be on these lines that they will develop. On Friday a Pentathlon for college men will be held. The regular events of the Olympic Pentathlon will be contested, namely, the running broad jump, throwing the javelin, throwing the discus, 200-meter race and 1500-meter race. This will be practically an all-round championship for the college men and it should be one of the most interesting and important events of the college season...
...prohibits running off all the races on one day, as has been the custom. Several events have been added. One of these is a pentathlon, modelled after that held at the ancient Olympic games. This will consist of the following contests: running broad jump, throwing the javelin, throwing the discus, 200 meter race and 1500 meter race. Contests will also be held in the running hop, step, and jump, 56-pound hammer-throw and probably a 400-meter hurdle race...
...Rasmussen, at one time amateur champion weight thrower of Denmark and present amateur champion discus-thrower, has been sent to this country by the Danish government to study the methods of our athletic system, so that upon his return to Denmark he may employ the results of his investigations in bettering athletic conditions in his native country. Mr. Rasmussen will coach the team which is to represent Denmark in the Olympic games...
...constitution whereby the date of the intercollegiate cross-country run will be changed from the third Saturday in November to the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. Amendments of the association's "Laws of Athletics," relating to the powers of the starter, to the hammer-throw, and to the discus-throw, will be brought before the meeting...