Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first contest in broad jumping and pole-vaulting will take place on Monday, October 21. Entries to be made with Coach Quinn on or before Saturday, October 19. The dates for the hammer throwing contest will be announced later...
...outlook for the broad jump, the pole-vault, and the hammer-throw is not encouraging. Stephenson and C. C. Little '10 are both good in the broad jump, but their shot-putting is apt to detract from their jumping at the end of the season. P. C. Haskell '08 and E. H. Ruch '10 may develop into point winners in the jump. With the loss of Grant, the team is left without any pole-vaulter of much ability, and in the hammerthrow, W. Peirce '08 and H. M. Gilmore '08 can hardly make up for the loss of Kersburg...
...high standard, but with good weather today should be bettered considerably. The Harvard men to qualify were Dodge and Lock-wood in the 220-yard dash, Young in the quarter-mile, Rand in the high hurdles, Mason in the low hurdles, Stephenson in the shot-put, Kersburg in the hammer-throw, and Somers and Harwood in the high jump. The failure of both Grant of Harvard and Jackson of Cornell, who together hold the intercollegiate record, to qualify in the pole-vault was one of the most unexpected events of the day. Garrels of Michigan was easily the individual star...
...HAMMER-THROW...
...hammer-throwers are evenly matched and the outcome of the event depends for the most part on ability to keep from fouling. H. E. Kersburg '07 is in good form and has very good chances...