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Died. Walter Louis Hakanson, 64, Denver Y.M.C.A. executive, who in 1932 coined the name "softball" and wrote the first national rules for a game that was invented in 1895 by a Minneapolis fireman (he called it "kitten-ball"), but which never caught on until the Depression, when millions of unemployed found it a way to pass their time; after a long illness; in Denver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 26, 1963 | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

...high hurdles--Won by Green (H); second, Kickham (BU); third, Henderson (NU); fourth, Hakanson (NU); Crawford (H). Time--15 1-5 sec. (new record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON TRIUMPHS IN G.B.I. SATURDAY WITH TECH SECOND | 4/29/1935 | See Source »

...meter low hurdles--Won by Hayes (BC); second. Hakanson (N); third, Richard C. Hayes; fourth, Johnson (MIT); fifth, O'Leary (BC); time, 25 1-5 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SWEEPS BOTH DIVISIONS OF G.B.I. MEET | 4/30/1934 | See Source »

...meter dash--Won by McManus (BC); second, Joyce (BC); third, Robert S. Brookings '35; fourth, Hakanson (N); time, 11 seconds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SWEEPS BOTH DIVISIONS OF G.B.I. MEET | 4/30/1934 | See Source »

...pound class E. Ottie '11 threw W. Stewart, and was defeated by I. Hakanson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Results of Wrestling Bouts | 3/9/1911 | See Source »

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