Word: drives
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long tedious job required to make the shot putter who can surpass 45 feet. The improvement beyond that stage is even more difficult, and yet the increased interest in shot putting has made it virtually an impossibility to figure in the points in the Intercollegiate championship with a drive of less than 46 feet...
These men will work under Field this spring in arranging details preparatory to the drive, which will take place at registration time next September...
...reasons for the inauguration of this Budget plan are fully explained in the report. "Hitherto", it says, "the College has been asked each year to contribute several times to individual drives or money. The duplication of effort in collection, and the annoyance and inconvenience caused to the individual student, have redounded almost without exception to the detriment of the drives concerned. One drive, advertised as absolutely the only drive, would be more likely to meet with a generous response on the part of the student body...
...marked contrast to Houser was Ralph Hills of Princeton who was forced to improve the association record to win the title from Houser last year, I have never seen a shot putter with a more marvelous lift than Hills. If he had had the drive and energy of Houser, I believe that he would have smashed Ralph Roset's record of 51 feet. The first man who can combine the qualities of Houser and Hills will put the shot 54 feet...
...spot within the view of thousands in the Stadium. It will require only a glance to show how far their efforts go. Large placards bearing the number of feet appear on white lime lines and present day knowledge of what constitutes a good performance means that a notable drive will get due recognition. It would be a happy coincidence if fifty feet was reached for the first time after exactly fifty years of competition and no one would begrudge the record holder the thrill that such a put would bring. All that is needed to produce a record is ideal...