Word: hammerism
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Pete Harpel again proved himself one of the finest hammer throwers in the nation Saturday, as he threw the ball 178 feet, 8 inches to win an 1C4A gold medal at Randall's Island, New York...
...tomorrow's events, which begin at 6 p.m., Harpel and John DuMoulin will compete in the hammer; Jim Doty, shotput; freshman Dan DiBona in the high jump; Pat Liles in the broad jump and pole vault; Henry Wente in the broad jump; and Lee Barnes in the 100. Wharton will enter the 440 and Benjamin the three-mile, while freshman Ed Martin will be the lone Crimson entry in the mile...
...hammer throw, Pete Harpel took first place in the qualifying round with a toss of 176 feet, 2 1/2 inches. John DuMoulin did not place among the top six qualifiers...
...addition, they had a brute of a man, M. C. Nokes, who was heavily-favored to win the hammer. However, their best hurdler, George Trowbridge, a Rhodes Scholar from Princeton, was felled by an acute attack of appendicitis...
Fisk Brown (H) beat the favored Nokes and set a hammer record which still stands (since the event was dropped) when he threw the ball 159 feet, 3 3/4 inches. R. W. Landon (Y) set a record in the high jump at 6 feet, 3 inches, while T. Campell (Y) set an 880 mark...