Word: thrower
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...picked athletes who are already in training in France will here join forces with those from the United States to form the complete American team. After the final selection, following the competitive tests, the entire aggregation will be under the direction of Lieut. Richard L. Byrd, champion discuss thrower, who has been appointed captain of the A. E. F. track and field squad for the interallied contests...
University track received a set back yesterday when A. Stevens '19, the best hammer thrower on the squad, injured his ankle and, as a result will probably be unable to complete against Yale at New Haven, Saturday. Inasmuch as several of the Yale runners are also out on account of poor physical condition, the meet will be close, with the University team a slight favorite...
Sergeant Empey was in the National Guard and Regular Army of the United States for thirteen years, until he joined the British Army in France in 1915. He served at the Front in a machine gun detachment and as a bomb-thrower until he was wounded last February...
...pound class, and in the heavy-weight class. The greatest interest was centered about the heavyweight match, in which W. B. Snow '18, captain of the University wrestling team, who had earlier in the evening won the heavyweight boxing title, was pitted against E. R. Roberts 1L, hammer-thrower and shot-putter on last year's track team. At the end of the allotted nine minutes the men were at a draw, and four minutes' extra time had to be allowed before the decsion was granted to Snow. The summary follows...
...Harvard publication; three "other colleges" are mentioned in just twenty-one lines, ably concealed among the advertising pages. The pictures share the spirit of the rest of the issue. All of them are of special interest to Harvard men; most of them are up to date. No Columbia hammer thrower or Princeton Slaughter of the Innocents intrudes to mar the general Crimson...