Word: tossing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week, in his graduation performance in the I.C.4-A.-track & field meet at New York City's Randalls Island, he had something of an off day. He did not break the world record again; he merely broke his own meet record by more than a foot (in a qualifying toss), placed second in the discus and led Yale to the team title over 46 competing colleges...
Trimble took third in the javelin with a heave of 202 feet 8 inches (his longest toss since he broke the Harvard record two years ago with a 212 foot 5 3-4 inches heave). Albright's Al Harnly took first with 207 feet 1-4 inch, and two others tossed the javelin over 200 feet...
...discuss Tootell placed fifth with a throw of 142 feet 9 1-2 inches, 28 feet 1-2 inch short of Frank's record-breaking toss. The Crimson's Charlie Durakis qualified in the 220 low hurdles Friday, but he did not place in the finals...
...last week the Ministry called a halt to the point system. Formerly, a housewife had to decide how to divide her points between canned fish and fruit, molasses, rice, jellies, mincemeat and other delicacies. "Thank heaven," gasped one housewife, "I don't have to toss up between a tin of salmon and a tin of syrup any more. What a relief...
...foot homer out of the park with two men on, got one out, but hit the second man to face him, putting the winning run on first base. But Bob Brooks, the next batter, hit a drive to left that Ben Akillian was able to snare. Akillian's toss to second baseman Tom Cavanaugh was in time to double Carl Giurrana and end the game...