Word: hammerer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...afternoon to permit Coach Bingham to put his large squad of runners through the first real practice of the season. Seven new men reported for the University team and three for the Freshman, but Coach Tolbert is still in need of mere material for the yearling shot-put and hammer-throw. In the past it has been possible for men who are rowing to spend an hour or so each afternoon in track work and Coach Tolbert is sure that he can develop winning material in the weight events from inexperienced men if they are willing to practice regularly...
...impossible to have actual time trials for the runners until the new track has dried, but Coach Bingham will drill the men thoroughly in getting under way quickly on the hard-packed earth beneath the Stadium. At 2.30 o'clock this afternoon there will be a competition in the hammer throw in which members of both University and Freshman squads will take part. At 2.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon Coach Farrell will conduct a similar competition among the high-jumpers...
...track squads were practicing on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon, as 17 new men reported to Coach Bingham for the University squad and nine more came to swell the Freshman ranks. There is still a scarcity of candidates in some events particularly in the Freshman shot-put and hammer-throw...
Although the University seems to be best represented in the sprints, the hurdles, the mile and the hammer throw; the strength is, on the whole evenly distributed. C. H. Wansker '23 stands out as the leading man in the 100-yard dash, with Vinton Chapin '23 and J. E. Merrill '24, captain of last year's Freshman team, as his running mates; while in the 220-yard sprint, J. D. Chase '22 is the fastest of the University entries. In the quarter mile both Bayard Wharton '22 and Richard Chute '22, who placed first and second respectively in the Yale...
...field events which as last year will be in charge of Coach Farrell, present on the whole a less favorable prospect than the running events. In the hammer throw, however, Captain J. F. Brown '22 should contribute five points to the points to the University's total in the majority of meets. By his work last year with his victory against the combined Oxford-Cambridge team as the climax, as well s by his record this year, ending with his recent victory in the indoor Intercollegiate he stands as the best weight thrower in the East. He will be supported...