Word: shotting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pound, 22-year old future captain established a new Harvard record in the shotput at the Heptagonal Meet here this winter when he heaved the shot 50 feet, 8 inches. He had won both the discus and the shot in every dual meet this spring until Yale's Olympic stars, Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank forced him to settle for two thirds at New Haven Saturday...
Howard and Stretch Mazzone tied for third in the shot, and Gabler was also second in the broad jump...
First place winners from the defeated Houses were Parker of Lowell in the high jump, Billows of Dudley in the broad jump, Cameron of Winthrop in the discus, and Wilson of Adams in the shot...
...Pimlico last week, when Jockey Atkinson mounted Capot again for the $75,000 Preakness, the track was lightning fast as the nine horses shot from the starting gate. Noble Impulse, the pacemaker, chopped a second off the track record for the half-mile, 2 4/5 seconds off the seven-furlong mark (with a sizzling 1:23 1/5). In the stretch, Slasher Atkinson went to the whip and drove into the lead. Atkinson no longer had to worry about groggy Noble Impulse, but Eddie Arcaro, aboard Palestinian, had slipped through a hole on the bend. For the last 100 yards...
Those who scored for the Crimson besides Reed were: Dave Best and John Harrigan, who figured in a three-way split for first in the high jump; Jeff Tootell, who took thirds in the discus and shot; Harvey Thayer, who took a second in the 220 and a third in the quarter. Charlie Keith and John Holbrook, scored second and third place respectively in the javelin; John Thorndyke and Cogan, took seconds in the hammer and two mile respectively, and Jon Spivak and George Kumpel took thirds in the 100 and broad jump respectively...