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...Mason won the pole-vault, having made 9 ft. Hale, '91, was second, clearing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 2/10/1888 | See Source »

...refuses to enter, as is probable, Sherman, of Yale, will be a hard man to beat. Goodwin, Yale, '90, is another good man if his health will allow him to enter. She man also has a good chance to win a prize in the broad jump and pole-vault, although Robinson, Yale, '89, has an equal chance in the jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale's Chances for Retaining the Mott Haven Cup. | 2/8/1888 | See Source »

...contests in the gymnasium on Saturday afternoons is ridiculously small, and the number of competitions is so few that there can be little doubt that the advantage which it was desired should be gained will amount almost to nothing. On Saturday last no one appeared for the pole-vault. It may seem that when the spring comes the best work is to be done. This is a mistake. It is the mid-winter training that brings out the winners in the spring contests, and if the Mott Haven cup is to reappear here it will come about by the labors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/30/1888 | See Source »

...second of the Saturday afternoon athletic contests at Harvard last week, only two contestants appeared for the shot and pole-vault."- Yale News. Yale men are on the alert for any seeming indifference in our athletics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/28/1888 | See Source »

...success at the intercollegiate games, but it is especially gratifying to observe the number of records which have been broken by Yale men. At our spring games the intercollegiate records were broken in the mile run and throwing the hammer, and cur college records were broken in the pole-vault and in putting the shot. The intercollegiate records in the same events, leaving out the polo-vault and adding the broad jump, were again broken by Yale men at the intercollegiate games. At a special meeting of the Yale Athletic Association at the Field last Friday, the world's record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Letter. | 6/9/1887 | See Source »

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