Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nearly a dozen hammer throwers are now going through their preliminary drills each afternoon in the little-used corner of Soldiers Field behind the Stadium and the University baseball bleachers. And about as many pole-vaulters have been reporting for practice in the baseball cage on Tuesday and Thursday evenings to work from 7 until 8 o'clock by electric light...
...little group of hammer throwers which he was superintending yesterday afternoon behind the Stadium were three Juniors, five Sophomores, three Freshmen,--no Seniors and no "H" men. Despite this lack of seasoned material, Coach Farrell retained his customary optimism...
...weight men, was the decision made yesterday by Coach Farrell of the University track team. And although the winter season ended scarcely a week ago, regular practice will be resumed at Soldiers Field this afternoon for men in the hammer throw, shot put, javelin, and discus events. This practice will continue under Coach Farrell's personal direction until the formal opening of the spring season about April 7, when he will again take charge of the entire track squad...
...discus, Carpenter, a Senior, is the only man who has won his "H"; while Kernan, another senior, is the only javelin thrower to have placed against Yale. In the shot put, there are two veterans, Eastman and Dunker, but in the hammer throw not a single man of experience is returning to college this year...
...example of this sort of coaching, Mr. Bingham cited the work which has been going on during the winter to develop new men for the pole vault, the hammer throw, and other events in which no veterans are available this year. At present, for example, one of the most promising men who is being trained for the pole vault by Coach Harwood, was a high jumper last year, and another was a discus thrower. In conclusion, Mr. Bingham said...