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Engaged. Sabin W. Carr, world's champion pole vaulter & Olympic victor; to Virginia Elizabeth Karr, of Chattanooga, Tenn...
Pole Vault. Won by Sabin W. Carr of the U. S. (Yale '28), 13 ft, 9 6/16...
...California college. Last week Stanford, true to precedent, was first at Cambridge, 17⅔ points ahead of Yale. The big event was the pole vault in which the three best vaulters in the world competed-Ward Edmonds of Stanford, Les Barnes of Southern California, and Sabin Carr of Yale. Carr won without breaking any records. Only two men scored double firsts, Ray Barbuti (Syracuse) in the 220 and 440, and Eric Krenz (Stanford) in the discus and shot put. Illinois, regular winner in the middle west, did what was expected at Evanston, Ill., and by winning eleven points...
With these men competing the pole vault promises to be the outstanding event of the meet. Although Barnes and Carr have both done 14 feet or better, and Edmonds has reached 13 feet six inches, none of the men has shown signs of reaching his limit. When Barnes set his present record on April 28, in a West coast meet, he cleared the bar with six inches to spare, as shown by slow motion pictures of the leap. Curr's form is not yet perfected, and for this reason his present performance is not regarded as final...
Edmonds is not only the least developed of the three vaulters, but according to experts will eventually be a better vaulter than either Barnes or Carr. He is taller than the other men, and is expected to vault well over 14 feet when fully developed...