Word: discuses
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...Paine has thrown the discus 114 feet in practice. The best previous record was made by Sheldon of Yale with a throw of 111 feet...
Yesterday afternoon several of the Mott Haven candidates for the weight throwing events practiced hammer and discus throwing in Holmes Field...
...throwing the discus, Capt. Robert Garret, of the Princeton team, won against the Greeks...
Manager Turner of the Princeton track team has announced that Princeton will send a team of four men to compete in the Olympic games at Athens. The men who will go are Captain Garrett, Jr., '97, entered in the shot, broad jump, and discus throwing; Colfelt '99, in the 100 and 400 metres runs and in other sprints; Lane '97, in the sprints; and Tyler '97, in the pole vault. The faculty has given the men permission to start on Saturday...
...discus throwing, the Greeks had a record of ninety-five feet, but the weight of the discus which was used is not known. A year or two ago, discus throwing was introduced at Harvard, and Kip, '83, threw 80 feet, with a discus made of oak, weighted with lead, weighing four pounds...