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Show Arlie Mucks's First Heave With Discus Arlie Mucks, of the University of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, the new national discus throwing throw-ing champion, was the subject of laughter laugh-ter the first time he ever picked up a weight preparatory to heaving It. It happened several years ago during some high school workouts. The athletic supervisors had rounded up all the likely-looking likely-looking weight heavers, but they passed up Mucks. He seemed too fat and ungainly. un-gainly. But Mucks trailed along to the practice field. The supervisors figured (hat If they eould find a man who could heave the discus 100 feet it would strengthen the school's track and flld teams chances In a coming meet. i The first hoy who hurled the weight scored SO feet The next made It A third sent it DO feet and the seventh, by a superb effort, sent it 97 feet. ""Can I have a try at this?" askex. Mucks. The directors looked at him, and to humor him gave consent. Mucks picked up the discus, hut he didn't know anything about making the turn. Ho floundered a while, got a few false starts, and then whirled around, put every ounce of his weight Into the throw and let go. The measurers, after they had recovered recov-ered from their surprise over the mighty heave of the young giant, got the tape-lines tape-lines busv and discovered that Mucks had hurled the saucer 134 feet. |