Word: javelin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...championship in the shot put, broad jump and discus three years in a row, he has cleared the high jump at 6 ft. 5 ¾ in., has run 100 yd. in 10.1 sec., 440 yd. in 55 sec. If he can brush up on the pole vault, javelin, high hurdles and the 1,500-meter run, he may be America's best bet for the 1940 Decathlon championship...
...exception of the substitution of a three-mile for a two-mile run, the track events in the meet will not differ from American distance. The field events, however, will be pared down to broad jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, criminating the discus, hammer and javelin thrown...
...hammer throw and Hobey Lerner's first in the broad jump, the Bellboys amassed 33 1-2 points. Leverett, with 18 1-2, was closely followed by Winthrop and Kirkland, each with 18. All of Winthrop's points were won on three first places, Erny Fuller's in the javelin, C. D'Autremont's in the pole vault, and Bob Campbell's in the discus...
...have little to offer. Charley Smith, the Crimson's best sprinter, is only a Sophomore. Lightbody and Joe Donnelly, remain in the 440, and Lightbody and Rolla Compbell in the 880. The mile looks weak. But Ed Ford and possibly Tom Lacey will carry on for Cahners with the javelin, and Bob Partlow has repeatedly shown himself an able high-jumper...
Field events in the annual House track meet will be held this afternoon, beginning at 2:30 o'clock with the 12-pound hammer throw and the discus throw. At 2 o'clock the javelin and high jump will begin, at 8:30 o'clock the 12-pound shot and the pole vault, and at 4 o'clock the broad jump...