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RUNNING HIGH JUMP.The jump was next in order. Atkinson, the inter-collegiate champion, and F. B. Fogg, '85, D. C. Clark, '86, T. C. Bachelder, L. S., and H. L. Clark, '87, were the entries. The bar at the start measured four feet above the floor. Bachelder did not appear. H. L. Clark jumped with the most grace. Up went the bar till it reached 2 feet 2 1-2 inches, when, after three trials, Fogg was unable to clear the bar. At the next raise of the rod to 5 feet 4 inches, D. C. Clark failed...
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.1. F. B. Fogg, '85 (red). 2. C. H. Atkinson, '85 (black). 3. D. C. Clark, '86 (white). 4. T. C. Bachelder, L. S. (blue). 5. H. L. Clark, '87 (yellow...
Some outside parties doubted the record made by Atkinson, '85 at the second winter meeting. The matter was submitted to Dr. Sargent, the referee and he replied in the following letter which has since been made public...
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., March 24.The vault performed by C. H. Atkinson, at the Hemenway Gymnasium, March 22, 1884 was over a bar. The construction of the apparatus was substantially according to the definition of fence vaulting. There can be no question of the entire fairness of the performance, or of the correct measurement of the distance...
...feet 6 inches. Carey was the first to receive applause on account of his peculiarly graceful trim and the bar was raised several times before anyone dropped out. Bachelder was the first to fail. Howard followed, then Carey, Mandell and Fessenden. This left the two tallest men, Atkinson and Walsh, to compete for the first and second prizes. Walsh failed at last and Atkinson continued to vault and made a record of 7 feet 3 3-4 inches. This beats the best Harvard and amateur records of 7 feet 2 inches. Mr. Walsh, who took second prize...