Word: hammer-throw
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...Iron Curtain was successfully scaled by the U.S.'s Olympic Hammer-Throw Champion Harold Connolly, 25, who, having shaken free of Red tape, planned this week to marry his true love, Czechoslovakia's Olympic Discus-Throw Champion Olga Filcotova, 24, in Prague. With famed Czech Distance Runner Emil Zatopek as best man, Roman Catholic Connolly, according to a U.S. embassy spokesman, was slated to take his Protestant bride in a civil ceremony (for the Red authorities' benefit), followed by Catholic and Protestant rites...
...Javelin--R. C. Johnson '36, May 25, 1935. Distance--208 ft., 6 in. Discuss--J. H. Dean '34, May 19, 1934. Distance--157 ft., 7 3/4 in. Shot-put (16 lbs.)--H. P. Mendel '40, June 1, 1940. Distance--50 ft., 6 3/4 in. Hammer-throw (16 lbs.)--W. J. Shallow '40, May 20, 1939. Distance...
Captain Don MacKinnon should be able to squeeze by with a first or two in the hurdles, but even he will be hard pressed by some top-notch Exeter timber-toppers. Wille Fisher, the other half of Mikkola's point-winning due, is a cinch to triumph in the hammer-throw, although he will be tossing a 16 pound weight while the prep school slingers will use a 12 pounder. If he gets into trouble, however, Wille plans to make his final throw with the lighter pellet...
Captain Don MacKinnon and IC4A hammer-throw champ Willo Fisher accounted for four of the Crimson trackmen's nine firsts Saturday as the Mikkolamen ran off with an 81-54 victory over Tufts on Soldiers Field...
...most consistent winners on the Varsity track team, Mike Ford in the pole vault, and Tom White in the hammer-throw will represent the Crimson at the national indoor IC4A meet in Madison Square Garden tonight...