Word: javelin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harvard's lead whittled down in the field events by these two men, as well as by a corps of discus, shotput, and javelin men, will be further decreased by the Holy Cross runners. In Walter Janiak and Larry Scanlon the Purple has two of the speediest dashmen in New England for the 100-meter and furlong events. Nothing was seen in the Stadium last Saturday to give Harvard much grounds for optimism in these two events...
...meet includes all the usual events of spring track, the 100 yard dash, and 110 and 220 yard hurdles, 440, 880 and mile runs, shot put, discuss, javelin and hammer, high jump, broad jump and pole vault...
Unfortunately some of the best material is concentrated in the weight events which will not be included in the indoor program. Bob Sears of Andover, a hammer thrower, will be lost until spring, as will Fulton Cahners, in the javelin. Cahners is the brother of Norman Cahners '36, Varsity weight and sprint man. Another promising weight man, according to Mikkola, is Dan Dyer, who will put the shot indoors and throw the discus outside...
Dick Johnson and Mal Millard will entrain for Berkeley late this week to toss the javelin and hurl the discus for Harvard on June 19 and 20. Both men are in good form and should bring back a few credits for the Mikkola tradition...
...lifting of exams will probably cure the lapse into which the star javelin thrower fell during the IC4A meet when he failed to do more than 190 feet, Millard may break 150 feet with the discus...