Word: javelin
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...finest performances, captain Mark Mullin led the varsity track team to victory over Dartmouth and Brown Saturday in a triangular meet at Hanover. The Crimson, boosted over the top by a surprise sweep in the javelin, had 92 1/2 points, to Dartmouth's 32 and Brown...
...varsity was still in danger when Pete Kelley of Dartmouth threw the javelin 186 ft., 10 1/2 in. to move into first place late in the meet. But then three Crimson performers-Hobie Armstrong (206 ft., 1 in.), Hank Hatch (199-1/2), and Tom Holcombe 192-10 1/2)--came through to finish one-two-three and ice the meet...
Hobie Armstrong, a freshman sensation who missed last year's season through ineligibility, could take first in the javelin, but he is untested. John Ahern is Army's leading hope...
Unfortunately, it just so happens that the varsity has no sprinters, one crippled hurdler, and no proven javelin or discus throwers. Furthermore, the two-mile relay was probably the Crimson's strongest running event by the end of the winter...
...broad jump group is strong and deep, with Ohiri, Beckwith, Axikiwe, Sid Marland, and Al Albright. The pole vault, with Don Forte and Jay Mahaney, will still be weak. Armstrong in the javelin and Loern Clayman in the discus could be pleasant surprises, but have yet to prove themselves...