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...Javelin throw--Won by R. C. Johnson (H), 168ft. 9in.; second, F. G. Dunlevy (H), 167ft. 4 1-2in.; third, Vorse (A), 157ft...
...Hallowell '34; 440-yard run, N. P. Dodge '33; 2-mile run, Arthur Foote II, '33; half-mile, J. B. White '34; 220-yard hurdles, E. G. Carey, (B.C.); 220-yard dash, E. E. Calvin '35; Pole vault, Francis Schumann '35; High jump, H. E. Pray, (N.E.); Javelin throw, A. E. Wahlgren '35; Discus throw, J. H. Dean '34; Hammer throw, Alfred Kidder II, '33; Broad jump, E. E. Calvin '35; Shot put, J. H. Dean...
With over 100 men entered in 15 events, the annual University handicap track meet will take place today and tomorrow at Soldiers Field. Today's events are the trials in the dashes and hurdles and the finals in the quarter and mile runs, shot put, javelin, and high jump. Tomorrow, the finals in the dashes and hurdles and all remaining events will be run off. Entries are open until the starting time for all members of the University and liberal handicaps will be given to all inexperienced competitors...
...only member-a total of 30 points, to 20 points for a team of 22 which finished second. Overnight Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson, a typist for Dallas Employers' Casualty Co., had become a national sports figure. At the Olympic Games two weeks later she won two first prizes (javelin throw, 80-meter hurdles), a second in the high-jump when her best jump was disqualified for ''diving." She complained bitterly because she was not allowed to enter more events. Sportswriters Grantland Rice, Paul Gallico, Westbrook Pegler et al. were sufficiently amazed by Babe Didrikson to investigate her abilities...
...Washburn '34 hurled the javelin a distance of 1932 feet, 6 inches, to take first place in this event. Second place was captured by H. W. Huntington '34, with a throw of 175 feet, 4 inches, while R. F. Estes '34 was third, with a distance of 171 feet, 2 inches. As in the other events, all three men placing in the javelin throw will be awarded medals...