Word: hammer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...himself against passengers who sought to strike him. It is also important to note that, according to Smith, the emergency axe was only secured by him after the emergency box was broken open by some one of the passengers or the train crew, who took out the emergency sledge hammer, the same having been seen in the possession of one of the passengers...
...track meet, the spectators are sometimes likely to overlook the field events because it is easier to spot the athletes who are running races than the ones who are throwing the discus, javelin, hammer. Late in the afternoon, Michigan and Illinois were still ahead, nearly tied, with four events still undecided. Wisconsin, almost overlooked, had won the high jump and the two-mile run (establishing a new Conference record), placed second in the mile, the 440, and the shot-put. Kabat's discus throw, 150 ft. 10½ in., nowhere near the record but five feet better than Purma...
...Hammer throw--Won by King (D); second, M. J. Finlayson ocC; third, Alfred Kidder '33. Distance--158 ft., 1-2 in. (new meet record...
Harding hurled the javelin four feet further than Lee of the Green, and Finlayson in the hammer event showed great improvement to place second with a toss just short of 156 ft., as Kidder bettered his previous efforts to place third...
Standish took first place in both timber-topping events, which were won by J. J. Hayes '34; and in the hammer throw, high jump, and discus throw, won by J. J. Healey '34. Healey broke the college record, hurling the discus 144 feet and 2 inches, but the new mark was not counted because of the high wind. G. H. Porter '34 took first place for Smith Halls in the century and furlong sprints...