Word: discusion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...track meet. World's records went splintering on every hand. Mary Lines, "Paddock Feminine," who starred for England in the first Women's Olympiad at Monte Carlo in 1922, won three events. Her countrywoman, Miss Trickey, won the 1,000-metre run. A French giantess won the discus throw and shot-put. Italy's alibi for finishing last was that four of her most active athletes were halted at the Italian border...
Final Day. Ugo Frigerio, Italian pedestrian, strode in from the 10,000-metre walk with his country's first score. Osborne of America took the decathlon with a world's record point total. Clarence Houser's discus hurtled and ten more points were chalked up for the U. S. Four U. S. quarter-milers broke the world's 1,600-metre relay mark and four U. S. sprinters the 400-metre relay mark-20 more points. Nurmi, Ritola and their Finnish friends were not pressed for the 3,000-metre relay...
...Discus Throw.--Won by Hartranft, Stanford, 158ft. 8in.; second, Houser, Southern California, 154ft. 11 1-2in.; third, Arthur, Stanford, 154ft. 8 1-2in.; fourth, Nelfeld, California, 147ft. 7 2 1-2in.; fifth, Lang, California, 145ft...
...trials tomorrow, it was learned last night. Of these, the men who seem most likely to quali- fy for Saturday's races are Watters, who will run the half, as there will be no trials for the mile; Kane in the 440; Kernan in the javelin; Carpenter as a discus thrower; Fletcher in either the high or the low hurdles; Eastman in the shotput, and Hyatt in either the high jump or the broad jump, or both. Tibbetts and Cutcheon, both of whom are likely Crimson scoring prospects on Saturday, will not run tomorrow, as there will be no heats...
...Discus Throw.--won by Page (Y); 3d, Brown (H). Distance...