Word: jump
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then he hurried back into the stadium again to leap 5 feet 10 inches to corner the high jump market. Out again for the javelin toss which won the first place medal, and, to cap off a terrific afternoon's work, a 49 foot 5 3/4 inch 16-pound shot put heave to a new meet record. This mark, incidentally, betters the Yale Varsity mark, as well as the old Freshman distance...
Frank Coolidge led the powerful Yardling track team in its victory over Andover Saturday, with a first in the 220, the 100, and the broad jump, and in all these departments he chalked up the best performances turned in by a Crimson athlete this year...
With a 9.8 clocking in the 100, and a 21.4 time sing in the 220, Coolidge began to look like a second Pirnie, and when he leaped 22 feet, 3 inches in the broad jump, he was a second Pirnie...
Other important factors in the 79 2/3 to 40 1/2 shellacking were Wes Fllnt's double win in the two hurdle events, both in stellar time, and Pete Garland's shot put and high jump victories...
...shattered the New Orleans to St. Louis record; next year, his Greyhound did even better: 72 hrs. 4 min. for the 1,200 miles, a record still. As he worked with his racers, he evolved a boat that could jump over logs and even small spits of land without injuring propeller or other vital organs. From this grew the Higgins Eureka, a 36-foot motorboat with a spoonbill bow, a V midship section, and a semi-tunnel protecting the propeller, so sturdy that it can rush right up on a beach without hurting itself...