Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...east has no Ralph Hills this year to head off the Pacific slope, but Houser of Southern California, the Olympic champion, and Gerkin of California probably will know they have been in battle before emerging from the week-end competition. Houser is a great little man. He is one of the three wonderful small men, and by small men I mean less than 190 pounds, who have made history in the I. C. A. A. A. A. shot putting competition. The others are Beattle of Columbia and B. F. Whitney of Dartmouth, whose places carried them to the crest before...
Houser, who was beaten for the shot putting championship last year by Ralph Hills has wonderful nervous energy and unparalleled speed. It is a pleasure to study his style. I have welcomed the opportunity to do so in his trips east during the past two years and also at the Olympic games. No "small" man has ever crossed the circle faster than Houser in my belief...
...marked contrast to Houser was Ralph Hills of Princeton who was forced to improve the association record to win the title from Houser last year, I have never seen a shot putter with a more marvelous lift than Hills. If he had had the drive and energy of Houser, I believe that he would have smashed Ralph Roset's record of 51 feet. The first man who can combine the qualities of Houser and Hills will put the shot 54 feet...
...birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson will be celebrated today by members of the Boston Ethical Society and others who wish to acknowledge their debt to him, by a pilgrimage to Concord...
...Judge; J. R. Truesdale, Princeton, and J. B. Mulford, Pennsylvania, Measurers. High Jump: Wesley Aler, Yale, Judge; Barrett Smith, Cornell, and Rush M. Hoag, Michigan, Measurers. Throwing the Hammer; F. X. McGrath, B. A. A., Judge; H. F. Barker, Princeton, and N. Shennan, Dartmouth, Measurers. Broad Jump: Ralph Gamble, Princeton, Judge; C. D. Wadsworth, Williams, and A. C. Kraenzlein, Pennsylvania, Measurers. Inspectors of Implements: George V. Brown an T. J. Kannally, both...