Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1902 — Hammer-Throw Record. [ARTICLE]

Hammer-Throw Record.

New York special: John Flannagan equaled the world’s record for throwing the sixteen-pound hammer at Fordham. He cast the missile a distance of 171 feet 9 inches.