Word: hammered
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...list of championship events, the three mile run. It will be proposed to amend Article 29 of the Laws of Athletics by striking out the sentence which is numbered 2 and which reads "lifting from the ground the foot nearest the circumference of the circle while the hammer is in hand" and by inserting directly after the sentence reading "the hammer shall be thrown from a circle seven feet in diameter," the following sentence, "the contestant may assume any position he wishes in making an attempt...
...feet 4 inches for the running high jump, held so long by Page, was at last by 1-4 inch at Travers Island by Sweeney. The high vault record was also changed, Rodenbough surpassing Baxter's record of 11 feet 5 inch s by 3-8 inch. In the hammer and weight throwing also, new records were made by Mitchell, who threw the hammer 145 feet 3-4 inch, and the 56 lb. 35 feet...
...events arranged for the latter are as follows: - 100 yard run, one mile walk. 220 yard run, three mile walk, 440 mile run, two mile bicycle race, 880 yard run, pole vault for height, one mile run, running high jump, five mile run, running broad jump, throwing 16-pound hammer, throwing 56-pound weight for distance, putting 16-pound shot, 120 yard hurdle race, ten flights, three feet six inches high; 220 yard hurdle race, ten flights, two feet six inches high: individual tug-of-war, unlimited weight...
...Hickok, the freshman right guard is also a St. Paul's school man. and is the champion hammer thrower of American colleges. He is 18 years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighs...
...hammer contest was won by G. C. Chaney '94 (scratch), with a throw of 70 ft. 10 in E. James '95 (scratch), was second, throwing the hammer...