Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1907 — New Hammer-Throwing Champion [ARTICLE]

New Hammer-Throwing Champion

Mat McGrath of the New York Athletic Club defeated John Flannagan at -Travers Island in the hammer-throwing contest, and is now the champion of the world. McGrath hurled the hammer 168 feet to Flannagan’s 114.