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