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Jackson and the two Fishers are specialists in the weight events and they will be seen in the shot put, the discus and the hammer throw. Jack Fisher came close to breaking the University's record for the hammer in the Yale meet when he threw it a distance of 168 feet 2 inches. Jack also took first in the quadrangular meet at Dartmouth...
Harvard won two events and that was about all it did the whole afternoon. Willo Fisher won the hammer throw with 153 feet 6 1/2 inches, brother Jack, surprisingly, being out of the money. Pete Harwood went up to 12 feet 6 inches to win the pole vault, while Owen Torrey cleared 12 feet, his best mark of the season, to tie with John Barrow of Navy for second place...
...continued the strategist with the saw in his hand. "Why we're commencing Commencement. We're off to a quick start in case we get delayed for a while on account of rain. It always rains before, but never on Commencement Day." With renewed energy he picked up his hammer and nailed in a board muttering, "This...
...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...