Word: heights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent sports at West Point two contestants are said to have made twelve feet in the pole vault. The jumping had to be stopped at this point on account of the height of the building...
...annual field day sports of the Syracuse University, Friday, M. Harvin, '85, beat the record in the high kick. He scored eight feet six inches. His height is six feet two inches...
...running high jump followed. The four who contested were J. B. Harriman, '85, and O. Harriman, '83, both of Princeton and Atkinson, Denniston and Soren from Harvard. Denniston jumped the first height and then retired. J. B. Harriman failed at 5 feet 6 inches. Soren, Atkinson and O. Harriman were left. All three cleared 5 feet 7 1/2 inches, Atkinson on his third trial. The bar was then put up to 5 feet 9 1/2 inches; Soren and Harriman failed three times. Atkinson on his second jump cleared the bar in beautiful form thus beating by 1 1/4 inches...
...records of 18 1-5, 5.6 and 9.11. Harriman, '85, will also go into the running high. He is about as good as his brother. Toler has the college record in the pole-vault, 10 ft. 1, made in the recent Princeton games. He stopped at this height only because the bar could be raised no more...
...suggested, by building a fence around the grounds which shall be ornamental in itself. In this connection we would suggest to the committee a consideration of the style of fence which is to surround the new athletic grounds at Yale. This consists of a thickly planted hedge of sufficient height closely flanked by a barbed wire fence. Such a fence would certainly answer all purposes, and would besides meet very well several of the objections urged against an ordinary board fence. Any additional expense which might be incurred by such a plan would, we feel sure, be cheerfully...