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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...
Most college hammer throwers figure they'll die happy if they hit 160 feet. The recognized world's record is 193 feet, the American record 189 feet, 7 1/2 inches, and the National collegiate record 183 feet, 10 inches. Felton, a six foot, 22-year-old Senior from Philadelphia, has thrown better than 180 feet twice this spring and hasn't fallen below...
Most people wonder how he does it. Unlike the famous New York AC "whale" back around 1900, who used to have a dozen raw eggs (shells and all) dipped in mustard for breakfast every morning, Felton eats normally, claiming there is no special diet for hammer throwers today. He weighs only 178 pounds...
...make up for the brute strength he lacks, Felton uses speed and finesse. Like most good hammer men, he takes three turns, which require perfect timing and footwork. Getting the iron ball whirling around at top speed while staying within a seven-foot, hard-clay circle takes split second coordination. A hammer thrower should be able to start quickly, hold himself stiff without breaking at the waist, and on the turns, glide, not jump across the circle to the final explosive pivot lift. Some experts say he should be able to run 25 yards as fast as a sprinter. Felton...
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...