Word: discus-throwing
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...when the family house burned down, he moved his wife and two children into tents. "I stole coal from Northern Pacific railroad cars, and we ate plenty of stale bread with that old purple mold coming through," recalls Egbert. He went to Washington State on an athletic scholarship (state discus-throw record in 1937), but dropped out to work on the Grand Coulee Dam to support his family...
...Iron Curtain was successfully scaled by the U.S.'s Olympic Hammer-Throw Champion Harold Connolly, 25, who, having shaken free of Red tape, planned this week to marry his true love, Czechoslovakia's Olympic Discus-Throw Champion Olga Filcotova, 24, in Prague. With famed Czech Distance Runner Emil Zatopek as best man, Roman Catholic Connolly, according to a U.S. embassy spokesman, was slated to take his Protestant bride in a civil ceremony (for the Red authorities' benefit), followed by Catholic and Protestant rites...
...clock that evening was discussed and remedies were suggested. At present although there are eight track events and seven field events the track events are almost invariably run off long before the field events. To better equalize the program it was suggested that some one field event, preferably the discus-throw, be abolished, while some one track event should be added to the program. For the additional track event, a 440 yards hurdle race, a relay race, or an additional distance run was suggested, and the meeting as a whole seemed in favor of a relay race. Definite action, however...
PRINCETON, N. J., June 7, 1922.--S. Harrison Thompson '23 of Los Angeles, Cal., was elected today captain of the Princeton track team for next year. Thompson has distinguished himself in college athletics this year and has shown exceptional ability all season in the high-jump, shot-put, discus-throw, and high hurdles. His outstanding achievement was the scoring of 21 points in the dual meet against Harvard...
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