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...Imagine that!" the big hammer thrower said, mopping sweat from his face, "getting beat by a little guy like that." The speaker was 262-pound Shorty Folsworth, the place Lincoln, Nebraska's Memorial Stadium last July and the "little guy" Harvard's Samuel M. Felton, Jr. '48 who had just finished second in the National AAU 16-pound hammer throw with a shot of 172 feet, 5 inches...
What is worrying Mikkola is the condition of two of his best men: sprinter Jon Spivak and javelin-thrower Don Trimble. Spivak will definitely not run tomorrow. And Trimble, who set a new Harvard javelin record two weeks ago, has been cradling his sore arm in a sling all week. The Medical Department will decide tomorrow morning whether it's safe for him to throw against Yale...
That isn't all. Pudgy hammer-thrower Jim Burnham has broken the Dartmouth record in his event this spring and last week he won the Penn Relays hammer throw at about 171 feet. He may scare Sam Felton into hitting 180 feet today. Felton broke the Harvard record two weeks ago with a shot of 175 feet, 2 inches. This competition, plus the Kimball versus Pat McCormick duel in the 120 high and 220 low hurdles should provide the most spectator interest this afternoon...
That's what Coach Mikkola said yesterday afternoon, following a long session on the Stadium cinders. Furthermore, "some hammer thrower will do 170 feet, and if the wind is all right, some javelin thrower will do 200 feet." There are only two men around here who could possibly accomplish this: Sam Felton in the 16-pound hammer and Don Trimble in the javelin...
...pick up butt while it is still lying by person who threw it away- especially if thrower is from over there [the U.S.]. Might have hand stepped...