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Track versus Dartmouth at Soldiers Field at 1:30 o'clock. Discus and hammer at 1:30, Pole Vault, shot put, javelin, high hurdles at 2:00; 100 yard dash at 2:10; two mile run at 2:20; High Jump, broad jump and quarter mile at 2:30; two mile at 2:40; half mile at 2:55; low hurdles at 3:05; 2:20 yard dash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS TODAY | 5/15/1937 | See Source »

Fernald won both hurdles, the broad jump, and tied for first in the high jump. Ogle took the hundred, Light-body the 440, Eugene Clark the mile, Lloyd Milis the 220, Childs the half, Shallow the hammer, Ed Ford the javelin, and Nat Heard the shot put. Only Exeter first was registered by Rendleman in the discus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '40 TRACK DEFEATS EXETER | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

Afternoon Events: 1:30--high jump; pole vault; javelin throw. 2:30--120 yard high hurdles; shot put. 2:40--880-yard run. 2:45--discus. 2:50--100-yard dash. 2:55--two-mile run. 3:00--hammer throw. 3:10--relay heats. 3:15--broad jump. 3:30--220 low hurdles. 3:40--one mile run. 3:50--440 relay finals. 4:00--one mile relay finals...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTS TODAY | 5/8/1937 | See Source »

Registering a smashing victory over a perennially victorious track team, the Freshmen beat Andover 79 to 46 at Andover Saturday. Wins were attained by Jim Lightbody in the 220 and 440, Ed Childs in the half, Pen Tuttle in the mile, Downing in the shot, Ed Ford in the javelin, Shallow in the hammer, Hollands in the broad jump, a triple tie among Aertson, Ford, and MacIsaac in the pole vault...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Track | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

Reason the force of gravity decreases in low latitudes is that Earth's surface rotates faster near the Equator, generating a stronger centrifugal force which goes farther toward counteracting the gravitational pull. A good javelin throw will go a foot farther in Hongkong than in Finland. The same broad jump will be ⅜ in. longer in Texas than in Massachusetts. "Hammer throwers with Olympic aspirations," writes Dr. Kirkpatrick, "may take satisfaction in the award of the 1940 games to Tokyo rather than to Helsingfors, for a well-thrown hammer will go some 4½ in. farther in Japan than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Kirkpatrick on Records | 4/5/1937 | See Source »

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