Word: jumps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princeton won first places in five, tied for first in one, and took second in the seventh. These statistics concerning the hurdles and field events mean little unless it is taken into consideration that in those events the chance for an erratic showing is especially great. A man will jump six feet one week and the next will be unable to clear five feet, six. Gardner's poor work in the pole-vault for Yale Saturday proved conclusively how a man considered a certain winner in a field event may fall down at the last moment. It is therefore...
Comine, the star Eli sprinter. is logical choice for first in the broad-jump, with Murphy sure to run him a close second. Both teams are weak in the high jump, but the result will be close. between Annan of Yale, and Ellovich and Greeley of the Crimson yearlings. The general consensus of opinion gives the edge to Greeley, with Annan and Ellovich placing second and third...
...University track men seem to have a decided advantage in the field events. Yale has lost Landon, last year's high jump winner, and Olympic champion, which gives the University the brightest prospects in this event, with Fitts and Morse almost certain to place ahead of Reinacher, the best Eli entry
...fact that Jenkins, who can do 22 feet with regularity, will be able to leave the baseball game and take part in the broad-jump, gives the University an almost certain win, with Fitts capable of annexing third place, even if Reinacher succeeds in outleaping Jenkins. Thayer is also a possible scorer for the University and may even beat out Fitts...
There are, as we all know, sketches and cross sections and monographs of almost every conceivable community on the globe. And this type of literature is of interest to practically everyone who is able to get the intellectual jump on the confines of a lazy body and to use his imagination...