Word: pole-vault
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...track team cannot hope to be successful next spring unless some more men come out to try for the field events. As yet no men have reported for the pole-vault and very few for the other field events. The University must depend largely upon new men this year and it is impossible to develop new material in the short time available in the spring. Therefore all men who intend to try for these events should come out at once and should not wait until the winter or spring work begins. Everyone reporting now will be given a good chance...
...Cobb in the half-mile; Rowland in the mile; King, Ware and Hall in the two-mile; Bird in the high and low hurdles; Murphy, R. Robeson, Crane, Derby, and E.L. Young in the high jump; Ayres and Ford in the broad jump; Gring and Sawyer in the pole-vault; Le Moyne and Schoenfuss in the shot-put, and Le Moyne in the hammer-throw are the strongest men in their several events. Besides these there are several men who were ineligible to compete this year. Among the most promising of the new men is J.F. Doyle...
...points, Harvard second with 25 1-3 points and Pennsylvania third with 24 points. Two intercollegiate records were broken, and a third equalled. Taylor of Pennsylvania won the 440-yard dash in 49 1-5 s., breaking the former record by 1-5 s. In the pole-vault Gring of Harvard, McLanahan of Yale and Gardiner of Syracuse tied for first place with a vault of 11 ft. 7 1-4 in. This breaks the previous record by 1-4 in. In the jump off for the medals McLanahan cleared 11 ft. 9 in., which will not be considered...
...needed in the field events, especially in the hammer throw and shot put. The distance men have abandoned running on the road for work on the track, while candidates for the shorter distances are being started with the pistol. Three take-offs have been constructed for the high-jump, pole-vault, and broad-jump. It is not too late for candidates wishing to join the squad to do so, and men who have had any experience in the field events are urged to come...
...pole-vault A. Robeson '04 and R. B. Gring '05 both cleared 10 feet 8 inches, an excellent performance for indoors. The boxing matches were fast and interesting, and the jiu-jitsu contests novel and exciting...