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...field events, especially in the hammer throw and shot put. The distance men have abandoned running on the road for work on the track, while candidates for the shorter distances are being started with the pistol. Three take-offs have been constructed for the high-jump, pole-vault, and broad-jump. It is not too late for candidates wishing to join the squad to do so, and men who have had any experience in the field events are urged to come...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Work in the Stadium. | 4/12/1904 | See Source »

...great many more men are needed for the weight events and broad-jump. The team is weaker in these events than ever before and all men who are willing to try are urged to report immediately to Mr. Graham at the Locker Building...

Author: By E. C. Rust., | Title: Track Team Notice. | 4/5/1904 | See Source »

...Broad-jump--W. B. Jordan '06, D. R. Ayres...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRACK WORK BEGINS. | 1/5/1904 | See Source »

...Daly, Ristine, Shirk, Harris and Murphy of Harvard, have all covered distances in the broad-jump greater than any recorded in New Haven this spring, and it seems that the eight points will go to Harvard, though Yale may produce a third place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dual Games Forecast. | 5/8/1900 | See Source »

...were all made by men who had more or less handicap given them. We have omitted the records at the hammer from this table, owing to the fact that hammers of different weights were used in nearly every case, so that a fair comparison would be impossible. The standing broad-jump at Williams must have been made with weights, as otherwise it would be a best-on-record. The only event in which the best American College record is beaten (unless it turns out that this latter record is correct) is the 100-yards dash in the McGill Sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 11/12/1880 | See Source »

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