Word: hammer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Until the hammer throw, the last event on the program to be finished, the Andover men were leading their Exeter rivals by only a fraction of a point. But the former took both first and second places in this event, thus clinching the meet...
Schoolboy track enthusiasts look to see several records broke today, a thing which has not happened since 1914, when a new record of 174 feet in the hammer-throw was established by J. T. Murphy. The events in which new records are looked for are the 440-yard dash, the half-mile, and the broad-jump. The broad-jump, mark at present is 23 feet 3 inches, but William Comins of Worcester Academy has bettered this several times this season, and it is expected that he will be able to repeat tomorrow...
...Tiger weight men look stronger than do their team-mates in the other field events, and Princeton will count upon them for a number of its points. Both Speers and Rutan have been doing well over 140 feet in the hammer throw, and J. F. Brown '22, the University's strongest entry in this event,--will have to do better than his previous performances in meets this year if he is to get better than third place. In the shot put, Halsey of Princeton looks like a sure winner, barring mishaps; he has consistently put the shot about three further...
...Hammer-Throw Will Be Close...
...field events the University-Yale athletes made better marks Saturday than the Oxford-Cambridge men this winter in all but the hammer-throw Nokes of Oxford has a record of 143 feet in this event, while the winning throw by Hudson, the Eli performer, Saturday was only 139 feet, 8 inches. However, both Brown of the University and Cruikshank of Yale have bettered the above distances this spring, the former hurling the weight 144 feet, 6 inches against Penn State and the latter 144 feet, 7-10 inches against Princeton...