Word: hammerism
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...fear" when she was first taken to the Mariinsky school when she was 9. Her father, Galina recalls, had wanted a boy, and since there were no other children in the family, she went with him on hunting and fishing trips, wore her hair cropped and "learned to use hammer and saw as well as any handyman...
Born. To Harold Connolly, 27, the U.S.'s 1956 Olympic hammer-throwing champion and world-record holder, and Olga Fikotova Connolly, 26, Czechoslovakia's husky 1956 Olympic women's discus champion, whose stadium romance led to marriage through endless festoons of Red tape: their first child, a son; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Mark. Weight: 11 Ibs. 13 oz.-just 4 Ibs. 3 oz. less than his father's hammer...
Confidence ran high on both sides before the start of the mile, the day's first race. Jim Doty had come through with a tremendous 178 ft., 7 1/2 in. effort on his last attempt in the hammer throw to snatch first place away from Yale's Dave Cross by three inches. But, on the Yale side, Crimson sophomore Stan Doten's arm injury, which he sustained in getting off the bus the night before, had kept him from taking an important second or third...
Judging by his 180-ft. effort earlier this season, Eli Dave Cross must be favored in the hammer, but the Crimson Jim Doty and Stan Doten still could take one-two. Hank Abbot will need a fine effort to place in the shot, and John Bronstein and Doten are on a par with the Eli discus...
...hammer throw, Doten uncorked a tremendous 174 ft., 6 in. heave to beat teammate Jim Doty. Pat Liles and Bob Downs cut into Penn's broad jump strength by taking second and third...