Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...less melancholy side of the ledger, Jack Fisher came within less than 2 feet of the Harvard hammer throw record to win the event quite easily with a throw of 168 feet 2 inches. Willo Fisher took second with 157 feet 1/2 inch...
...individual bankers used to make. The Central Bank would merely pay them for handling deposits for it. Thus, when Juan Perón took office June 4, his government would get control of $2 billion in deposits (just when it needed a billion to meet expenses), would have a hammer lock on credit that would permit withholding loans from individuals or institutions...
...addition to these veterans, the squad that swamped Holy Cross and Rhode Island State last Saturday will be around to add to their laurels. Included in this group are the Fisher brothers, Jack and Willo, one of whom, according to Mikkola, may set a new hammer throw record if all goes well. The present record of 170 feet, 1 inch was set by W. J. Shallow...
...meet started with the hammer throw, which was held in back of the stadium. While Fisher's heave of 153 feet 11 1/2 inches won the event for the Crimson, with brother Jack's 151 feet coming in second. Jack Thorndike of Harvard came in third and Congdon of Rhode Island fourth...
Jack Fisher was high scorer for the meet with 12 points, winning the hammer throw with a mark of 153 feet 2 inches, a scant two feet further than his brother Willo reached. In addition he captured the discus with a throw of 130 feet 6 inches and took a third in the shotput...