Word: heights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...over and under a hundred and fifty pounds. Then prescribe a minimum weight of clubs for each class and a fixed time for each man to swing. This would make this event decidedly more interesting and less tedious. The other criticism is on the announcing of the heights as the bar is moved, as was done in the running jump. It is not fair to the jumpers, and it is not needed by the spectators. If a man is accustomed in practice to reach only a certain height, and he is told when jumping in public that he has reached...