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...high jump which, with the discusthrow, was to be contested in the fourth of the series of outdoor handicap games, will not be held this afternoon on account of the secret practice in the Stadium. The contest in the discus-throw will be held, as scheduled, in back of the Stadium at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The contest is open to candidates for both the Freshman and University track teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Discus-Throw on Soldiers Field | 10/21/1909 | See Source »

...dates of the entire series of outdoor field events which will be held in the Stadium this fall are as follows: October 19, pole-vault and 12-pound shot-put; October 21, running high jump and discus-throwing; October 26, hop, step and jump and pole-vault; October 28, running high jump and 12-pound hammer-throw; November 2, running broad jump and 16-pound shot-put; November 4, pole-vault and throwing 56-pound weight for height; November 9, running high jump and 8-pound shot-put; November 11, running broad jump and 16-pound hammer-throw; November...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dates for Outdoor Field Events | 10/15/1909 | See Source »

...records were broken, one equalled, two Olympic marks bettered and one equalled. A. C. Gilbert of Yale did 12 feet, 7 3-4 inches in the pole-vault, thus bettering Dray's former world's record of 12 feet, 6 1-2 inches. In the competition for the discus throw, free style, A. K. Dearborn, the former Wesleyan weight thrower and New England intercollegiate record holder for the discus throw, best Martin J. Sheridan's former world's record of 136 feet, 2 inches, with a throw of 139 feet, 11 inches. In a heat of the 100-metre race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Records Broken at Olympic Trials | 6/8/1908 | See Source »

Burroughs of Illinois won both the 16-pound shot-put and the discus-throw with 44 feet, 5 inches and 123 feet, 6 inches, respectively. L. W. Bangs '08 was third in the shot-put with an actual put of 43 feet, 1-2 inch. The high jump was a tie between Thorpe of Carlisle and Miller of Indiana at 6 feet, and Horr of Syracuse won the 16-pound hammer-throw with 148 feet, 1 inch. Cook of Cornell won the broad jump with a jump of 22 feet, 1 1-2 inches

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Performances at U. of P. Carnival | 4/27/1908 | See Source »

...metre high hurdles; 400 metre low hurdles' 3200 metre steeple-chase; 5 mile run; standing and running high jump; hopstep-and-jump; pole-vault; 16-pound hammer-throw; 16-pound shot-put; 3 mile team race for 5-man team, 3 men to count in scoring; 3500 metre walk; discus throwing, in Greek and free style; javelin throwing; 10 mile walk; swimming, including 200 and 400 mete dashes, high dive and water polo; wrestling, in all weights; Marathon run of 25 miles, 600 yards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Olympic Games in London in July | 12/18/1907 | See Source »

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