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...Throwing the hammer...
...till after the Class Races, so that several who take part in them will be able to compete. There is now every opportunity to practise, and in the next four or five weeks we hope to see many availing themselves of it. The Athletic Association will see that a hammer and shot are provided for those who wish to train for these events. They will be placed under the Society Building, and can be found there any afternoon...
...rule in regard to throwing the hammer does not seem to us quite as it should be: "Letting go of the hammer in an attempt counts as a 'try'." When the "solid iron sphere, weighing sixteen pounds," strikes a spectator in the head, we think it extremely likely that that individual, if able to collect his ideas, would look upon it as a 'throw'. After several spectators in the immediate neighborhood had been carried off prostrated by these 'tries,' the judges might with reason decide that the contestant had done enough for that afternoon, as the spectators seemed not hurt...
...half-inch. Mr. B. won for the third consecutive time. Three-mile walk, T. H. Armstrong, 23 min. 12 1/2 sec. Best record, 21 min. 42 sec., by same man. Quarter-mile run, F. W. Brown, 54 3/8 sec. Best record, 52 1/5 sec., by W. C. Wilmer. Throwing hammer, W. B. Curtis, 80 ft. 2 in. Best record, 84 ft 5 3/4 in., by G. D. Parmley. 120-yards, H. E. Ficken, 17 1/4 sec. This is the best American time. Mile-run, T. H. Smith, 4 min. 51 1/4 sec. This is the best American time...
...minutes as reported in our last issue; tug of war, '81; throwing baseball, W. J. Hutchinson, '80, 343 ft. 8 in.; Senior quarter-mile, T. E. Mower, 1 min. 9 sec.; mile-walk, A. A. Dorsheimer, '78, 8 min. 36 sec.; throwing hammer, O. D. Thompson, '79, 71 ft. 3 in.; quarter-mile, H. Livingston, '79, 54 3/4 sec.; 120-yards hurdle, W. C. Camp, '80, 20 sec.; mile-run, J. Jewett...