Word: javelin-throw
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...will be Crimson strong points. Ed Bailey and Stan Doten will definitely place in the hammer, and Roger Wilson may beat Army's Bob McCarthy for third. The broad jump should be a sweep by Chukwuma Asikiwe, Alan Albright, and Tom Blodgett. Blodgett is also expected to win the javelin-throw, and, if he can beat the Cadets' Gary Brown, the pole vault...
...javelin and discus are, if not overpowering, at least solid. John Bronstein has been throwing the discus over 160 feet regularly, and in the javelin-throw. Boldgett and Tom Corbin are both throwing around or over 200 feet...
With the eyes of Tulare upon him (plus the extra pressure of knowing he had to win after all the fuss on his account), 18-year-old Bob Mathias at first lagged in points in the stiffest test of all-around skill known to sport-discus, javelin-throw, shotput, high jump, broad jump, pole vault, high hurdles and flat races of 100, 400, and 1,500 meters. He didn't let it ruffle him. When he was not actually competing, rangy (6 ft. 3 in.) Bob relaxed on a blanket, now and then waved to his mother...
...throw against Dartmouth and Cornell give the weight men the first real encouragement they have had in many months. Millard in the shot-put is another prospective point-winner, and the versatile Emile Dubiel, who carried off points in his Freshman year at every event from broad jump to javelin-throw, can be counted on for a capable performance in the javelin-throw...
...A.U.S. team of track & field athletes: a meet against the combined teams of South African and Transvaal Universities, at Johannesburg, South Africa; by winning ten out of twelve events, in four of which (discus, pole-vault, shot-put, javelin-throw) Pennsylvania's Bernard ("Barney") Berlinger made new South African records...