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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Running high-jump. -- Won by R. W. Landon, (Y), 6 ft., 2 in.; tie for second between W. B. Hampton, (Penn), and C. E. Johnson, (Mich), 6 ft., 1 in.; tie for fourth between J. A. Ramsay, (Cor), and C. G. Krogness...
...yards. His time was 9 minutes, 22 2-5 seconds, which is 1 2-5 seconds better than the former record made by Hoffmire of Cornell in 1914, C. E. Johnson of Michigan, a remarkably versatile athlete, scored the largest number of points in the meet, winning the broad jump, placing second in the 100 yard dash, and tying for second in the running high jump. Dartmouth's best pole-vaulter, E. E. Myers, cleared the bar at 12 feet, 6 inches, three inches better than Newsletter of Pennsylvania, but was too exhausted when he tried for the world...
...quarter-mile and half-mile. Smith also chalked up a double victory in both the hurdle events, followed each time by his running mate, J. M. Watt. Cornell was weak in field events, only securing 1 1-2 points by Ramsay's tying for fourth place in the high-jump, but her supremacy in track events was more than sufficient...
...Haymond, Pennsylvania, showed excellent form and won two firsts. J. D. Hutchinson '19 in the two-mile run finished in the fourth place, nearly passing the third man, S. W. Sedgwick of Michigan, in a final spurt. C. G. Krogness '21 tied for fourth place in the high-jump (which was won by R. W. Landon, Yale), with J. A. Ramsay of Cornell, clearing 5 feet, 9 inches. H. C. Flower '19 found stiff competition in the broad jump against Johnson of Michigan and Le Gendre of Georgetown, but won third place by a jump of 22 feet...
...games are taking on the aspect of an Olympic meet, with every allied nation presenting a notable array of stars. The American Expeditionary Force organization numbers among its athletes such well-known track men as Lieut. Harry Worthington of Dartmouth, three times national and intercollegiate broad jump champion; Pat Ryan, holder of five world's records in the hammer-throw; F. C. Thompson, all-round athletic champion of the A. A. U.; and Lieut. P. R. Withington '12, former University track captain and two-mile champion...