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Traveling at the speed of a sprinter, thrusting a bamboo pole in the ground at the proper moment, Sabin W. Carr of Yale flung himself over a bar that was poised exactly 14 feet above the ground, established a new world's pole vault record. The highest previous flight, 13 feet, 11⅜ inches, was made by Charles Hoff a Norwegian...
...Abbott, T. H. Alcock, Bailey Aldrich, C. A. Allen, Eduardo Andrade, W. C. Atwater, H. C. Bartlett, Lawrence Batchelder, Dudley Bell, A. C. Bemis, G. A. Blowers, R. D. Bolster, S. E. Bowditch, L. S. Brayton, G. C. Bruen, B. G. Burbank, A. F. Callahan, J. F. Carr, C. M. Clark, E. L. Cox, Gardener Cox, George Crawford, J. P. Crosby, R. McD. Cunningham, Langdon Dearborn, D. P. Donaldson, R. T. Dunn, George Eaton, T. H. Eliot, A. V. Ellis, Herbert Farnsworth, R. G. Fiske, LeB. R. Foster, H. C. Fox. D. A. Garrison, W. B. Gentleman, Walter Gierasch...
...Haven, Conn., May 31--Sabin W. Carr was elected captain of the Yale track team for next year at a meeting of the lettermen today. The new Eli leader has been a consistently excellent performer in his specialty, the pole vault, and last Saturday outdid his previous best efforts to set a new world's record of 14 feet for the vault. Carr will be a Senior next year...
Carrying one cold chicken, two gallons of tea and four tons of gasoline in a 700-horsepower Hawker-Horsley biplane, Lieutenants C. A. Carr and Lem M. S. Gillman hopped last week from Cranwell, England, bound for Karachi, India, 4,000 miles away. They missed the airdrome wall at the start by a few inches. Over Constantinople they were reported to be doing well. On leaving the Persian Gulf engine trouble developed. They were forced to descend into lukewarm waters, wrecking their Hawker-Horsley some 3,200 miles from home. Soon a ship rescued them, took them to Abadan, Persia...
Again this year Yale goes into the Field events with a heavy preponderance especially in the Pole Vault and High Jump. The Pole Vault ought to be won by Sabin Carr, Yale's world record pole vaulter. Sturdy of Yale has done close to 13 ft. and should be second. The third place will be divided among Pond of Yale and Clark and Burbank of Harvard. The High Jump will be won by Larsen of Yale with Deacon of Yale and Hollis of Harvard tying for second place. Locke of Harvard should win the Shot Put and the Discus with...