Word: tracked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Just now Harvard is host to 860 track and field athletes from 32 colleges and universities throughout the country. They constitute a formidable number of observing eves, albeit their main energies will be directed to other purposes. There is a welcome for their words as well as their deeds...
...athlete in half a century of I. C. A. A. A. A. competition has put the shot 50 feet. Perhaps we will see that magic mark surpassed for the first time tomorrow or Saturday in the Stadium when the oldest of track associations celebrates its golden anniversary...
...following article on the shot put was written by E. L. Farrell, track coach at the University. Coach Farrell describes the qualities which are necessary to make a successful shot putter, and also discusses the chances which Houser, the Southern California weight star, has of breaking the mark set by Hills last year and surpassing the goal of shot putters' efforts, 50 feet...
...Most track enthusiasts know that shot putting is the art of overcoming gravity To do this one must combine speed, strength and weight, co-ordinating all three to gain the best possible form. When a shot putter learns his art there should be no strain. And yet I consider the shot put to be the most difficult of all field events to master thoroughly. In the hammer and discuss it is possible to gather momentum in the movements inside the seven foot circle. In the shot put the competitor operates from a dead start and must...
...purpose of the meet is to foster the development of track in Massachusetts high schools where the sport has not attained the important position it holds in the Middle Atlantic States. During the six years that the University has held these meets the progress of track among the schoolboys of greater Boston has been remarkable...