Word: hammered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with particular prominence. Among these are Murchison and Waterman in the dashes, Christianson in the hurdles, Allen and Dudley in the quarter, Burke and Kirley in the half, Ray, Kennedy, and Watters in the mile, Gourdin in the broad jump, Brown in the high jump, and Dandrow in the hammer and discus, throws...
...shot put Lawler of the B. A. A. and Eastman are rated on a par as the best men, while in the hammer throw Dandrow of the B. A. A. will give Marshall, the nearest competitor, a ten foot advantage. Plansky of Georgetown and Greendige are the scratch men in the javelin throw, while in the discus event Carpenter, Clapp, unattached, and Dandrow of the B. A. A. will all compete with no handicap...
Neufeldt of California, with five points in the discus, four in the javelin, and two in the shot put, was the high individual scorer of the meet. Although he falled to better his 181 foot 6 1-2 inch-hammer throw of Friday, Tootell of Bowdoin, was one of the outstanding performers of the meet, as was Comins of Yale, who broad jumped 24 feet 4 inches. Woodring of Syracuse placing first in the 440-yard and second in the 220-yard runs, and Taylor of Princeton, winning the low hurdle race, and following Woodring across the line...
Among the brilliant individual performances yesterday was the 181 foot 6 1-2 inch hammer throw of Tootell of Bowdoin. This is more than ten feet better than the record established last year by Merchant of California. In the dashes Leconey of Lafayette was the outstanding performer, while among the field event men, Neufelt of California, who qualified in the discus, javelin, and shotput, was the most prominent contestant...
...making a hundred bushels of wheat grow where ten grew before. Then turning to the other camp, he would have them produce this literature which is to be the force. They should appreciate the work that our pioneers have done. "For the 'bore' of 1850, the plow and hammer; for his sons, the pursuit of happiness." It is they who have laid the foundations for the present generation. Be sure, O present generation, that you do not stray too far from the "moral idealism" or these sturdy forebears who did not suffer from complexes and an overdoes of foreign literature...