Word: hammer-throw
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...ever-recurrent question of finding a satisfactory substitute for the hammer-throw on the usual schedule of the events in track meets will again be argued. The sentiment in favor of abolishing the event entirely has become increasingly strong and some decisive action on the subject is expected...
...other events held yesterday, Berry of Pennsylvania won the broad-jump with a leap of 20 feet seven and three-quarters inches, and Bennett of Illinois, with a throw of 141 feet nine and one-half inches, placed first in the hammer-throw. White, by placing third in this event, was the only man to score twice, for Blanchard failed to win a place...
...hammer-throw W. S. Blanchard '17 is beginning to get some good distances. Until the ground softens up, men in the field events other than the weights, shot and hammer, will not have the opportunity to do much more than limber...
...have spoken of the dawn of a new track spirit, but it will be a gloomy, chill dawn if the track squad reporting for the first practice today is not larger than any in the last four years. Two men reporting for the hammer-throw, three for the high jump, and one for the pole-vault will only snuff out the hopeful flame recently kindled. The best of systems must have men behind it. Today is the time for undergraduates to show the committees who have been working for the most efficient plan of direction that the College appreciates their...
...high jumpers, and the latter has done over 22 feet in the broad jump. Braden, the football star, can toss the weight 45 feet and is the logical winner of the shot put against both the University and Princeton. Of the field events, Yale is weakest in the hammer-throw...