Word: hammered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...half mile runs there are about the average number of candidates, and an unusually large number of mile runners. There is also a good outlook for the hurdle and bicycle races. The field sports are not so flourishing as those of the track. More men are wanted for the hammer, shot and pole vault...
...following is a list of the events to be competed: 100 yds., 220 yds. and 440 yards. dashes, 1-2 mile run, mile walk, 120-yards hurdle race, 1-mile bicycle race, running high and broad jumps, throwing the baseball, throwing the hammer (12 lbs), putting the shot (16 lbs., pole vault...
Dohm, '90, champion quarter-mile man of Ireland and America, will be entered at Mott Haven, and besides his regular distance will probably run in the 100-yards dash and in the 220. Janeway, '90, right guard on the foot-ball team, will throw the hammer. Ames, '90, Thompson, '91, and Roddy, '91, will also probably run at the games...
...special work they are to take up. The sprinters will be under the charge of Kulp, of the Medical School; the long-distance runners under Hulme,'89; the jumpers and pole-vaulters under Webster, who won the high jump at the intercollegiate games last year; the shot and hammer men under Bowser...
Yale will this year hold a series of contests in putting the shot and throwing the hammer, similar to those held here last year, but which will be given up this winter owing to the lack of interest. The first meeting will be held January 29, and at least one every week thereafter. The meetings will all be handicap. The new men will at first receive the full allowance, and after that be handicapped at their respective records. The prizes will be awarded at each meeting and held until the final, and the man having the best record for points...