Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Millrose 600-yard run the Haughton trophy will be at stake, and may be carried beyond the seas this year, as two foreigners come to assault the American supremacy in this event. Hoff, world's pole vault record holder, and all-around Norwegian athlete, has decided to try his luck in the middle distance. He has been spending his training season at Dartmouth, getting into shape for the big meets. He is, besides, said to be an experienced ski-jumper, but did not go in for this sport while at Hanover because of the risk of injury...
...State Squash Championships, being held under the auspices of the Union Boat Club, when he plays in the opening round today. Captain G. D. Debevoise '26 and R. S. Wright '26, first two players on the championship University quintet have been ranked along with M. P. Baker '22, present holder of the state crown and Ralph Powers, Canadian champion, as seeded players. They will both swing into action later in the week...
Combs and Clark have been put down for the pole vault and will have to leap higher than Hoff, the Norwegian champion, in order to win. Another champion will be found in Osborne, World's high jump record-holder, with whom Jones will have to contend, Christiansen, the Scandinavian flash will hop the barriers against Ballantyne and Clark of the University. Hall and Boyce have been listed in the 1000-yard handicap race...
...material advantage. Wright, number one on the University squad, has fully recovered from his recent illness and is playing in top form again. His opponent has been displaying brilliant squash in the last two weeks, one of his accomplishments being the defeat of W.P. Dixon '26, national title holder, in four straight games in practice...
...national title holder who won the crown at Buffalo while leading the University racquet men to a national championship last year was the mainstay of the Crimson squad for three years as an undergraduate. His play in the Metropolitan tournament has evoked admiration from all who have seen him play, and his ultimate triumph was a foregone conclusion...