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Word: barring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there any need of starting the bar so low in the two-hand vault? It increases the length of the event unnecessarily, and would seem to decrease the chances of making good records by tiring out the contestants too soon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 3/19/1883 | See Source »

...standing high jump, the bar appeared to rise slightly in the middle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 3/19/1883 | See Source »

...bar was started at about 5 ft. 5 in., and was raised gradually until it reached 6 ft. 6 1/4 in., when Bachelder and Denniston failed in two trials, and dropped out. When the bar reached 6 ft. 9 3/4 in. Morison, Cary and Fessenden failed, leaving Stone, Soren and Atkinson. The two first-mentioned soon after failed. and Mr. Atkinson, clearing the bar with ease, was adjudged the winner with a record of 7 ft. 1 in., 1 1/4 in. better than was made last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 3/19/1883 | See Source »

...Soren won for us the best college record in this event at the inter-collegiate games, and it was almost a foregone conclusion that he would take the cup, but the numerous entries made the contest exciting and interesting to the spectators. The bar was started at 3 ft. 6 in. Mr. Lander was the first to fail at 4 ft. 4 1-10 in. When the bar reached 4 ft. 5 1/2 in. Morison, Bachelder and Denniston failed, leaving Soren, Chamberlain and Fay. At 4 ft. 7 1-10 in. Fay dropped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 3/19/1883 | See Source »

...second of Yale's winter meetings was held Saturday. '83 won the tug-of-war from '84 by three inches after a close struggle. The other events were: vaulting, in which the record made was 6 ft. 7 in.; horizontal bar; standing high jump, won by Brooks, '85, 4 ft. 7 1/4 in.; rope climbing; high kick, 8 ft. 5 in.; running high jump, also won by Brooks, 5 ft. 1/2 in.; fencing; light-weight sparring; closing with an exhibition of sparring between W. C. Camp and H. Knapp...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/12/1883 | See Source »

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