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...losses are compensated somewhat by the acquisition of some very promising new material. A newcomer to the Harvard V-12 unit, but nevertheless an eligible man for competition this summer is Bill Murray, champion javelin thrower from Holy Cross. Also in the V-12 is Walter Harwood, a pole vaulter from Phillips Exeter Academy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CINDERMEN WILL START PRACTICE THIS MONDAY | 7/7/1944 | See Source »

Noble and Chubb took thirds in the 880 and 440, respectively. In the hammer throw, the Crimson's lone entry Cornish, captured first place. Madison was second in the javelin, and Cliff Wharton took third in the broad jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CINDERMEN IN Y.M.C.A MEET | 6/2/1944 | See Source »

...formidable Democratic opponent is the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., who succeeded his father as pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church. Its 10,173 members are reportedly the largest Protestant congregation in the U.S. Tall (6 ft. 4 in.) and young (35), Adam Powell has been successively a javelin thrower at Colgate University, a redcap in Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, a New York City councilman. He has also led several Harlem picketlines, and edits an aggressive tabloid, The People's Voice. Handsome in a gates-ajar collar, Powell makes a hell-raising speech, likes to kiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Harlem Choice | 5/22/1944 | See Source »

...Example. As the 5-ft.-10-in. "runt" in a family of six-footers, Ted Timberlake took plenty of lumps growing up. Pat was his special idol in athletics. Because Pat had been a javelin thrower, Ted manfully tossed the steel-tipped spear around. Pat had been a star blocking back. Ted played one season, lost another with injuries, wound up warming the bench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Three Brothers, Three Stars | 10/18/1943 | See Source »

...Javelin--Won by Coulson (A); second, Lion (H); third, Bigwood (A). Distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACKMEN DEFEAT ANDOVER, 70 TO 56 | 5/10/1943 | See Source »

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