This Day in Track & Field, August 18, Jim Beatty gets his AR at the Mile back (1962), written by Walt Murphy
Walt Murphy’s News and Results Service (wmurphy25@aol.com) This Day in Track & Field–August 18 1920— For the 5th Olympics in a row, an “Irish Whale” won the Hammer Throw, with 37-year old Paddy Ryan (173-5 ½ [52.875] following in the footsteps of John Flanagan (1900-1904-1908) and Matt McGrath( (1912). (The Irish Whales were a group of […]