Word: mikkola
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fall javelin competition will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Soldiers Field. Although the competition will be open to all members of the University, Coach Jakko Mikkola, who will be in charge, urges all Freshmen to enter who are interested in field events...
Practice on Soldiers Field has been intensified this week, as Coaches Bingham and Farrell are anxious to work their men up to top form for the fall meet. Coach Mikkola has been getting especially encouraging results from his javelin...
...country work for men who intend doing any distance running on the track squad next spring. Mr. Bingham will supervise the work of the cross-country squad in addition to his work with the track men, while Coach Farrell will work with both University and Freshman harriers and Coach Mikkola will devote his whole time to the yearlings...
...Coach Mikkola held informal competitions for both the javelin and discus throwers. The results were not altogether satisfactory, but were explained partly by the soft footing. In the University event R. M. C. Greenidge '24 had difficulty in winning over F. K. Kernan Jr. '24. Kernan has been showing great improvement during the last few weeks and now stands as one of the two or three possible javelin-throwers to make the spring track. R. W. Seamans '25 won the Freshman event with A. M. Stern '25 second and N. L. Hughes '25 third...
...Tuesday the practice was confined to conditioning work on the new track for the runners, with starting practice for sprinters, while the field event men worked out under the supervision of Coach Farrell and Coach Tolbert under the Stadium; Coach Mikkola superintended the work of the javelin and discuss throwers outside...