Word: tosses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Eastman also plucked considerable laurel for the Crimson crown when he took second place in the shotput with a heave which was bettered only by Hills, Princeton's husky weight man. Eastman's distance, 46 feet 1 1-4 inches, was better by four feet than his toss in the Relay Carnival last year,--an ample proof that his old football injuries will not keep him from becoming a sure point winner for the University during the spring, and a possible Olympic contender in the summer...
...seven weeks' extra training of these men combined with a dark day to confuse the embryo batter men at their first workout. There was a notable tendency on the part of the pitchers to put their full strength into each toss, and a rather hopeless batting record was the afternoon's result. Things are expected to run more smoothly, however, as soon as the rest of the aggregation has had more time to get into shape...
Third Base Position a Toss...
Coach Wachter feels that the chief handicap of the University quintet is lack of height. Almost every strong player on the squad is shorter than the average. This will prove a three-fold disadvantage. The Crimson is likely to lose the ball in the toss-up at center, in the toss-up from scrimmage, and from the rebound off the back-board. To offset this handicap, unusual cleverness in getting possession of the ball in scrimmage is essential. The two Sophomores in the starting line-up, Maher and Combs, have shown marked ability in emerging from scrimmage with the ball...
...possession of the ball. Only one free throw will be allowed for a personal foul against a player not in possession of the ball. The other changes made were suggested chiefly to clarify the existing rules in defining running with the ball and the position at the toss...