Word: felton
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Imagine that!" the big hammer thrower said, mopping sweat from his face, "getting beat by a little guy like that." The speaker was 262-pound Shorty Folsworth, the place Lincoln, Nebraska's Memorial Stadium last July and the "little guy" Harvard's Samuel M. Felton, Jr. '48 who had just finished second in the National AAU 16-pound hammer throw with a shot of 172 feet, 5 inches...
This leaves exactly four men to uphold Crimson prestige in the 72nd annual, 47-college championships: Sam Felton and John Thorndike in the 16-pound and polevaulters Owen Torrey and Bill Lawrence. Felton, the hammer favorite, thinks he'll have to throw about 185 feet to beat Jim Burnham of Dartmouth and Maine's Marsanskis. Final exams have prevented him from getting into shape, though. His teammate, Thorndike, may take fourth or fifth. Felton may also place in the discus...
...Varsity men who did score can be counted on the fingers of one hand: Felton, Thorndike, Lockett, Torrey, and Holbrook. Felton set a new Heps record of 178 feet, 3 inches. John Thorndike finished third in the same event. Felton also got fourth place in the discuss...
...Terrible Centennial." When television came, Sadie was ready. She has already appeared on five or six telecasts. Last week she became a regular M.C.'s assistant on Du Mont's School Day?,. "With her front teeth and television," says Comedian Happy Felton...
...little relation to her general or specific knowledge. When she doesn't know the answer (which is most of the time) she glibly ad-libs anything that pops into her head. Quizmasters, who hate and fear "dead air," cherish her gift of gab."What's a Capulet?" Felton asked her recently. "Someone with a small size cap," was Sadie's assured reply. Felton: "What great events occurred between 1860 and 1870?" Sadie: "Terrible things. They had a centennial. Things was terrible. McKinley, Buchanan and Lincoln all was killed. It was a terrible centennial...