Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wolfson forces began relentlessly to hammer Avery with questions from the floor. Desperately, the Ward group tried to shield the old man by putting the chair in the hands of Corporation Secretary John Barr. But Wolfson stockholders insisted on answers from Avery himself, and the old man, lost in the clangor of shareholders' cowbells and the booming of loudspeakers, seemed confused, often crying out, "I can't hear...
Goldman, a consistently reliable weight man, tossed the hammer further than he had ever done before, 177 ft., 9 1-4 in. This is good enough seriously to threaten Yale's Stew Thomson. In a mild upset, sophomore Dave McLean ran away from Don French to win the two-mile run with a 9:46.6, also a very good varsity time...
Despite a cold, uncomfortable wind and a saturated track, ten of the two-year-old-meet's records were broken and two were equalled. In addition, a Harvard Stadium record was set in a special hammer throw won by Hal Connelly, former Boston College star...
...contests on the schedule include two freshman races, and a special "pre-Olympic" hammer throw...
...favorites in the field events include: hammer throw, Stew Thomson of Yale; broad jump, Bruce Hescock of B.U.; high jump, Hescock; javelin, Ed Allen of B.U.; pole vault, Bill Donegan of Yale; discus and shot put, Thomson...