Word: shot-put
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...events, the Crimson is exceptionally strong in the hammer throw with two men, Ed Bailey and Stan Doten, both throwing well over 200 feet. The third man, Roger Wilson, has been consistently close to the 200-ft. mark. These three should guarantee a Harvard sweep of the event. The shot-put is another Crimson specialty this year, and both the current record holder, Rick deLone, and the former record holder, Sarge Nichols, are doing 53 feet regularly...
...Times's new publisher is a massive man (6 ft. 2½ in., 230 Ibs.) who still holds the shot-put record at Stanford University and keeps 1,000 Ibs. of weight-lifting equipment in an air-conditioned workout room on the top floor of the Times Building. Born to succeed his father. Otis, the father of four children, broke in on the Times as an apprentice pressman, worked his way through every department of the newspaper, won the respect of editorial and business staffers. Hard-jawed, with cold blue eyes, Otis Chandler has few illusions about anything-including...
...marriage was arranged, rather vaguely, for some time after the 1955 Pan-American games in Mexico City. Parry figured on a decent waiting period for Mexican red tape. The day after the shot-put competition (which Parry won), the engaged pair went down to the Mexican hall of records to start the paper work...
...some 6,000 fellow townsmen, including his parents and sister, versatile Milt alternately sped and powerhoused his graceful bulk through the decathlon's exacting tests. He sprinted the fastest 100-meter dash of his life (10.5), and also took first in the 400-meter run, high jump and shot-put. Going into the second day with a big 717-point lead, Milt won the 110-meter high hurdles by nearly a second in 14.3, later loped heavy-footed through the 1,500-meter run to pick up a final 134 points...
...much is available on the Oxford-Cambridge squad, but the Americans seem particularly strong in some events. The Crimson's Al Wilson should' win the shot-put, and Appel and the Hipples could very well repeat...