Word: hurdler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sent out some invitations with 5? stamps on them. There were five of them, addressed to the governing athletic bodies of Germany, France, Italy, England and Finland, asking 14 of the greatest runners in Europe to run in the U. S. this winter. Half-miler Tavernari and long-legged Hurdler Facelli of Italy, Joachim Buchner and Harry Storz, the German quarter-milers, and Sprinter Eldracher were asked. Among Finns, the invitations went to Harry Larva and Toivo Loukola, but not, for some reason, to Paavo Nurmi who, tinkering with an old automobile in his machine-shop in Turku, shrugged...
Last winter Mardulier was an outstanding hurdler on the University track team, and during the spring season he was a consistent point winner in the low hurdle event. He was also a member of the cast of the Dramatic Club's production "Fiesta" given last fall...
Lord David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley, British hurdler (Cambridge University), resigned from the Grenadier Guards to enter business in The City (London's Wall Street...
...hurdles in 23 3-5s, the shot at 44.5 1-2, the hammer at 165.2 1-2, (breaking a record of 25 years' standing), the discus at 135.7 1-4 and the pole vault at 13.4. Furthermore, two other Yale vaulters cleared 12.5, and its best high hurdler was a scant three yards behind Ben Hedges, the great Princeton captain, in 15s. Therefore it requires no expert to appreciate the magnitude of the task confronting the Harvard athletes at New Haven tomorrow...
...heave of 45 feet in practice, and his teammate, Maynard, who is good for 41 or 42 feet. T. G. Moore '29, javelin thrower, and V. L. Hennessy '30, sprinter, will probably also be watching from the sidelines on Saturday. F. J. Mardulier '30, Coach Farrell's premier high hurdler, has not been in uniform since the day of the triangular meet. His appearance Saturday is doubtful, while Vernon Munroe '31, who was on the injured list at the time of the Brown meet, will probably be in condition to contest the dash events with the invaders...