Word: throwers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ruined temple, her crown falling from her head, and clutching in her arms the tablets of Moses and a broken scepter, has been the subject of violent controversy between the civil authorities and prominent Jews who regard it as an insult to their faith. The identity of the ink-thrower is as yet unrevealed, but His aim was not equal to his ardor. The damage to the canvas is confined to some dozen splashes on less vital parts and will doubtless yield easily to the expert manipulation of a restorer...
...University during the winter season, will be able to distance the field which will oppose him. Eastman, the New England shot put champion in 1923, will have Hills of Princeton as his strongest competitor for first place with the 16-pound shot. Berglund, the 200-pound Sophomore weight thrower, has a good chance to score with the 35-pound weight, if he can equal his longest throws in the Winter Carnival at Soldiers...
...javelin throw there are two experienced entrants, Kernan and Greenidge, while Carpenter is the leading discus thrower. Merril in the broad-jump, Dunker, Evans and Eastman in the shot, and Gerould, Hyatt and Morse in the high-jump present a field of probable scratch men of unusual ability. Only in the pole-vault and weight-throw is an experienced group lacking. These two events should provide ample opportunity for inexperienced material to test their skill with the 35 pound weight and the vaulting pole. Since there are virtually no experienced men in these two departments, any high performers in today...
Died. Jimmy Ryan, 60, who played for 15 years prior to 1900 on the White Stockings (Chicago National League Baseball Club), in Chicago, of heart failure. Said to be the most accurate and clever thrower in the history of baseball, he had a record of more than 100 hits a season for 17 years, stole 440 bases...
Captain Brown, the University's best hammer-thrower, failed to live up to the expectations which his work this year has aroused and gained only second place when the event was held on Franklin Field yesterday afternoon in the first day of the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival. Brown's best throw of 151 feet 5 inches was 4 feet and 8 inches shorter than the winning toss of Baker, Princeton's all-round athlete. The Orange and Black opened the carnival auspiciously by securing three of the first four places in the hammer-throw, Emery and Hills, the latter a Freshman...