Word: javelin-throw
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...Javelin-throw, Rope-sinewed George Williams of Hampton College, hitherto not famed, tossed 197 ft. 1½ in., a new carnival record...
Jimmy De Mers of the Los Angeles A. C. threw his arm out of joint the first time he tossed the javelin. That was too bad for him but a good thing for the British Empire v. U.S. track meet at Soldier Field, Chicago, last week. It made things exciting for a while. De Mers had been considered certain to win the javelin-throw, and his winning was counted on to give the U. S. a point it would need. One event seemed certain to be won by the British team-the one-mile medley relay, for little Eddie Genung...
Having won the javelin-throw and the 10,000-metre run, the Finns held off until the pentathlon. Then Lehtonen again goaded the Americans and a Hungarian, Sonfay, sprinkled salt in the wound by taking first and second respectively, from R. Legendre. Up went the blue and white ensign on the victory flagpole a third time...
...first two events completed were the 10,000-metre run and the javelin-throw. Rushing over a muddy track, Willie Ritola took the former for Finland so fast (30 min. 23 sec.) that he smashed his own world's record. Wide, of Sweden, his arms high, wild, awkward, was 200 yds. behind. Jonnie Myyra of Finland hurled his javelin 207 ft., leaving Swedish hurlers second and sixth, Americans third and fifth...
...Javelin-Throw,--Won by S. W. Leck 4E.S., 6ft., 156ft., 2in.; second, R. M. C. Greenidge 3E.S., scratch, 153ft., 1in.; third, F. W. Dorman '26, 17ft., 131ft...