Word: discusion
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...record discus throw which shattered the University record and bettered the intercollegiate mark,--Carpenter's 152-foot heave,--was the sensation of yesterday's University track meet in which Harvard defeated the Virginia trackmen by an easy margin of 82 to 44 in the first stadium event of the season...
...announcement came of Carpenter's record-breaking toss. The running events were long since over, and the crowd of 2000 which had assembled to watch the events within the stadium had started to dwindle away when Announcer Edward Morris called out in stentorian tones, "Event No. 18, the discus throw,--won by C. C. Carpenter, Harvard. Distance 152 feet, two and one-half inches...
...advantage in the field events. Hyath may be counted on for excellent performance in the broad and high jumps: Lee Combs is the outstanding Crimson pole vaulter: and in the weight events, Harvard has three medal winners in the Pena Relay Carnival. Eastman in the shot, Carpenter in the discus, an Greenidge in the Javelin who will be opposed by Virginia's solitary weight man. Winston, who will try his hand in all three events...
Similar encouraging improvement was noticed in the work of Greenidge and Carpenter, the remaining two Harvard athletes to place on Saturday. Carpenter took third place in the discus with a throw of 133 feet 9 1-2 inches, nine feet better than his best heave a year ago. And Greenidge, placing fourth in the javelin, threw his spear 176 feet 5 1-8 inches, a remarkable improvement over his distance last year,--166 feet 10 inches...
...this group are Cutcheop and Chapin who will run with Watters and Tibbetts in the four mile relay race; Carpenter and Hallowel who are entered for the discus; Kernan and Greenidge, javelin throwers; Eastman who will be the Crimson's only shot putter; and Hyatt, who will compete for the University in both the broad and high jumps...