Word: throws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tony Gianelly has gotten off the best discus throw in the league, and there appears little reason why he cannot duplicate it tomorrow to win the discus title...
...himself into mild trouble in the fourth inning. He walked the first batter, who was subse-quently retired at second on a fielder's choice. But when the third batter laid a soft grounder on the first base side of the mound Repetto cut it off and his throw to second went wild, advancing runners to second and third...
Repetto opened the second by walking right fielder Burnie Teliszewski. Minutes later, catcher Phil Haughey thwarted Teliszewski's attempted steal of second base with a fine throw to Cleary. A fly-out followed. Then Mike Piecewics got a single. Another strikeout left the B.C. runner stranded...
...third round, as he anxiously watched his fighter, Robinson's manager, George ("The Emperor") Gainford, noticed a Fullmer weakness: the champion was dropping his hands after taking a body blow. Before the fourth, Gainford advised Robinson to throw a right to the heart, and then follow with a left hook to the chin. Robinson nodded. He saw no chance in the next round, but midway through the fifth, Robinson drove a right into Fullmer's body. In Pavlovian style, the champion lowered his hands, and for a split second uncovered his chin. It hung there, as naked...
...Doty took second in the shot, with a throw of 47 feet, 11 1/2 inches, edging Dick Hunt, who last year had beaten him handily. Although hampered by a sore shoulder, Carl Pescosolido lost by less than four feet to Gene Coker in the javelin...