Search Details

Word: jump (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

President Little is one of the greatest of the University's track athletes. Winning his letter in 1908, 1909, and 1910, captaining the team in the latter year, he proved his versatility in both the shot put and the broad jump. One of his most spectacular triumphs was in the thirty-fourth I. C. A. A. A. A. meet held in the Stadium in 1909 when he had to heave the shot 46 feet 6 1-4 inches to defeat W. F. Krueger of Swarthmore and J. J. Horner of Michigan. Horner who finished third is himself...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUAL MEET AT ANN ARBOR TONIGHT RECALLS MICHIGAN HEAD'S FAME AS CRIMSON ATHLETE | 3/17/1928 | See Source »

...University forces will entrain for Ann Arbor, 23 men strong, this afternoon at 3.15 o'clock, determined to give the runners of the Middle West a battle royal tomorrow night. Coach E. L. Farrell hopes to enter two men in every one of the 11 events except the high jump, in which there will be but one Crimson entry

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANN ARBOR IS SCENE OF TRACK MEET TOMORROW | 3/16/1928 | See Source »

...Petersburg, Fla., nineteen-year-old Jeanne Durand wanted to set a new world's record for a parachute jump. Last week she climbed onto the wing of a plane, 15,000 feet in the air, and let go. Her parachute caught on the plane and she faced certain death until Dr. R. L. Ellis, her pilot, brought the ship safely to earth on one wheel and a wing tip, leaving her safe, grateful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Flying Matters | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

Running broad jump--23 ft., 1 1-8 in. W. A. Dowling, Georgetown, March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK I. C. A. A. A. A. CLASSIC HAD OFFICIAL ORIGIN SIX YEARS AGO | 2/29/1928 | See Source »

Running high jump--6 ft., 4 7-8 in. Leroy Brown, Dartmouth, March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK I. C. A. A. A. A. CLASSIC HAD OFFICIAL ORIGIN SIX YEARS AGO | 2/29/1928 | See Source »

Previous | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | Next