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...Javelin throwers today will have as coach Urho Peltonen, a Finnish athlete who took second place in the javelin event with a throw of 213 feet at the Olympic games of 1920, and is now visiting Jaakka Mikola, coach of the weight men and of cross-country running...
Peltonen will be at Soldiers Field at 2.45, starting today and continuing daily until Christmas. Men who are out for the javelin throw may see him any afternoon...
...Javelin: first, F. W. Dorman '26, 151 feet, scratch; second, A. L. May '23, 147 feet 5 inches, handicap 5 feet; third, J. F. Pollard '29, 142 feet; handicap 189 feet...
...rubber band, cast it 48 ft. 1¼ in. to break a Conference record which had stood for 21 years. Justin Russell of Chicago jumped 6 ft. 6 in. over a bar, though there was nothing on the other side but sand. Northrup, teammate of Hubbard, won the javelin throw. When points were counted, it was found that Michigan had won the championship, with Wisconsin second, Ohio State third. Comparison of this meet with the Intercollegiates held in the East two weeks ago (TIME, June 8) shows that, in 8 of the 15 events which appeared on both programs...
Harvard, however, will probably get a first in the shot put through the efforts of Captain Dunker. Bench of Yale will be his most dangerous opponent. The latter, though, does not specialize in the shot, but in the javelin. After establishing a new dual meet spear record against Princeton with a throw of 186 feet 6 3-8 inches, Bench received the Intercollegiate gold medal at Philadelphia. Cheek of Harvard should be able to displace the Eli's second man, Davison. The Crimson football captain elect can hurl the javelin two or three yards further than his rival