Word: thrower
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Probably the world's most famed statue of an athlete is of a discobolus (discus-thrower), by Myron, ancient Greek, restored by Professor Furtwangler. His restoration places the missile-hurler* in exceedingly poor "form," according to modern proceedings...
...Throwing the discus was revived with the Olympic Games (1896) and has been a recognized event in athletic competitions since that time, becoming very popular in the U. S. The stone discus of antiquity weighed from 4 to 5 lb., although one of bronze was uncovered weighing 8 lb. Thrower Baker, Swarthmore, last week heaved the modern 4%½ lb. discus 139 ft., a new Middle Atlantic record. The world's record (156 ft. 1⅜ in.) was made by J. Duncan...
John J. Magee, Bowdoin College Track coach, has written the following article on the development of the hammer throw in intercollegiate competition. Magee is the trainer of Fred Tootell, the glant Bowdoin weight thrower, who holds the I. C. A. A. A. A. and Olympic records in the hammer throw...
...essential qualifications for a successful hammer thrower are height, weight and strength coupled with speed in throwing. The training in this event for the college man consists of many years of concentrated work. It is, however, quite possible to develop a thrower during his college career, to break Tootell's present record of 181 feet 6 1-2 inches. Tootell himself never had any scholastic experience but took up this event for the first time during his undergraduate days at college...
Gates, left tackle and captain of the Princeton track team, will also graduate next June. Line material has been scarce in New Jersey this year, and Roper was forced to use the big hammer-thrower throughout the Eli encounter...