Word: javelins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spirit it is right next door to Athens, Greece. Sewanee's burly boys chase not the pagan pigskin but good marks in Classics 206-"a study of Greek athletics." Purpose: to learn the arts of ancient boxing, running, wrestling, the discus, the shot and the javelin, plus "the Greek concept of athletics and its place in Greek education...
...blew the javelin straight...
...vague flare that Patrolocus' javelin made...
Where the Soviets will shine is in the high jump, the distance races (5,000 and 10,000 meters), the javelin, and in such curiosities in the U.S. as the hop-step-and-jump, the walking race and the steeplechase. They also boast strong men in the broad jump and discus: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, who recently broke Ralph Boston's broad jump record with a prodi gious leap of 27 ft. 3 in., and Vladimir Trusenev, who last month set a new discus record of 202 ft. 2½ in. But the U.S.'s Boston will be tough...
...freshman javelin, Elli J. M. Hinkle broke the Yale record with a winning ross of 229 ft., 1 in. Yardling Peeter Lamp, taking second place, shattered the Harvard University mark with a throw...