Word: threw
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...coaches of the Yale team this year have had the difficult task of developing an eleven from a mass of raw but promising material. The early development was slow but steady, and resulted in the victory over Wisconsin. The defeat by Columbia, however, threw the team back considerably, and it was only by the most commendable persistency of the coaches and with the enthusiastic support of the college that new life has been given to the team...
...York Athletic games on Saturday, M. Prinstein of Syracuse University jumped 23 ft. 8 7-8 in., breaking the former world's record of 23 ft. 7 1-2 in. In the same games John Flanagan, N. Y. A. A., threw the sixteen-pound hammer 158 ft. 4 in., breaking the world's record of 153 ft. 8 in., held by McCracken of Pennsylvania...
...Memorial Day games of the N. Y. A. C., J. C. McCracken, of U. of P., threw the hammer 153 ft. 8 in., breaking the world's record by one inch...
...which MacDonald allowed but two hits. Weakness at the bat was the main reason for 1901's defeat. Their fielding was, on the whole, praiseworthy, and at times brilliant. In the eighth inning, with the bases full and but one man out, Fincke caught Boyce's low fly and threw Clark out at third; while in the seventh Cropley made the star play of the game, pulling in Taylor's sharp liner which looked like a home...
...time of 6m. 43s. In the running broad jump, W. P. Remington bettered his record of last week by an inch, jumping 23 ft. 5 1-2. This is within an inch of the world's record for that event. McCracken put the shot 43 ft. 1 in. and threw the hammer...