Word: thrower
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hardly necessary to say that Carpenter will win, as he has been doing 140 feet regularly in practice, and on a great occasion like today, he may be able to rise to the 152 foot mark he set some weeks ago in the Virginia meet. Hallowell, another Harvard plate thrower can take second place, and Yale's third place will be won by Graf or McCoy...
...Farrell's final decision to withdraw his runners from the medley sprint relay at the Penn Relay Carnival today was reached this afternoon shortly before the race began. As a result of this withdrawal the Crimson's only contender in the first-day events was Berglund, the Sophomore hammer thrower, whose heaves in competition today could not win him a place against the veterans who opposed him from Yale, Princeton, and Penn State...
...discus, Carpenter, a Senior, is the only man who has won his "H"; while Kernan, another senior, is the only javelin thrower to have placed against Yale. In the shot put, there are two veterans, Eastman and Dunker, but in the hammer throw not a single man of experience is returning to college this year...
...pole vault, the hammer throw, and other events in which no veterans are available this year. At present, for example, one of the most promising men who is being trained for the pole vault by Coach Harwood, was a high jumper last year, and another was a discus thrower. In conclusion, Mr. Bingham said...
...though leading his heat in the hurdles, was disqualified as a hurdle which he had barely touched tottered over. In the shot put, a recurrence of Eastman's old football injury kept him from making the distances which had been expected of him. And Berglund, still an inexperienced weight thrower, fouled in a throw of 48 feet which would have brought him second place. Gerould, however, with his jump of five feet ten in the high jump, which netted 1 1-9 points, was the only man besides those on the relay team to score, bringing the University's total...