Word: jumping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...athletic meeting took place Thursday afternoon, and following is a list of the winners in the various events with the records made: 220-yards dash, Robinson, 25 2-5s.; one-mile run, Harmar, 4m. 46 1-2s.; 440-yards dash, Griswold, 56 1-5s.; running broad jump, Robinson, 20 ft. 2 1-2 in.; running high jump, Tracy, 5 ft.; half-mile run, Bardwell, 2m. 14s.; 220-yards hurdle, Lentilhon, 29 1-2s.; 2-mile bicycle race, Skedding...
...events in all, onehalf to take place in the morning, the other during the afternoon. Following is a list of the entries: 100-yards dash, bicycle slow race, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, 220-yards dash, kicking the football, throwing the baseball, mile walk, hurdle race, standing broad jump (without weights) running broad jump, sack race (100 yards), 100-yards three-legged race, 440-yards dash, knapsack race, mile run, running high jump, pole vault, running hop-skip-jump, bean pot race...
...high jump will, of course, be taken by W. B. Page, of the University of Pennsylvania, who holds the world's record of 6 feet 4 inches. The broad jump will probably be again won by Shearman, '89, last year's winner. The pole vault lies between Quinn, of the University of Pennsylvania, and Shearman, '89. Quinn is reported to have vaulted 10 feet 6 inches, The hammer and shot events are both exceedingly doubtful. If the rowing authorities would allow Woodruff, '89, to compete in the latter event, he would probably be the winner; otherwise, Hunt...
...Byrd Page is to give an exhibition high jump at the games of the Seventh Regiment of New York on April...
...comparing the Intercollegiate records of the country with those of England we find the following facts: In the broad jump we do not equal the Englishmen, but in the high jump our records are much better. In the long distance events our time is somewhat slower, but in the short distance the records are about the same. In putting the shot we have done better, while the records in throwing the hammer show about an equal amount of ability. In the hurdle race we are still inferior.- Yale News...