Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scant three quarters of a length separating the rival shells at the finish testified to the closeness of the struggle. It was a hammer and tongs affair all the way down the course, with Crew C always in a challenging position, but the 1925 oarsmen had a perceptible advantage-sufficient to drive their boat across to a decisive victory. It is probable that the two crews will come together again tomorrow in a race over the Henley distance...
...heavy rain on the muddy Andover track Saturday, the Freshman track team was defeated in its first test of the spring by the score of 67 1-2 to 58 1-2. When the last event, which was the hammer throw, began, the points were even, and the schoolboys piled up their lead by taking all three places in this event. This was the fourth straight defeat administered by Andover to Freshman track teams, and the showing made Saturday by the first-year men is the best which has been made in any of these four meetings...
...last two of these events, starred for the first-year athletes. Other men who performed especially well for the Crimson were P. F. A. Altmann, M. A. Cheek Jr., L. O. Combs, and Donald Spencer. The yearlings showed a marked weakness in the dashes, the hurdles, and the hammer throw...
...Freshman football captain last fall. Howe ran in the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes while at St. Paul's and will strengthen the Crimson in those events. The other additions to the entries are: R. J. Learson, 440-yard man; O. A. Schleikjer, 880-yard man; Edmund Burke, hammer throw; E. O. Sessions, pole vault...
...time for the race was 3 minutes 33 1-5 seconds. Contrary to previous plans, this same team will represent the University tomorrow in the 880-yard relay race, each man running 220 yards. Marshall, the only other Crimson competitor in today's events placed fourth in the hammer throw with the distance of 137 feet...