Word: pole-vault
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...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 by no means sure that the Orange and black men will do as well against the Crimson in the hurdles and field events...
...events, the javelin and discus, are both potential Crimson victories, with Bourne a probable winner in the former event over Bench, who seems unlikely to heave the discus as far as Dunker. With MacLaughlin the only entry, the prospects of a Crimson victory in the pole-vault are not bright, since Carpenter and Hopkins of Yale have both done better than the average...
Particularly encouraging is the return to the squad of Chapin in the sprints of Chute in the 440-yard run. Davis in the pole-vault, and Whitney in the hurdle-races. All four of these are veterans of last year's team, and may be counted on to tally...
Captain Gardner of the Elis is conceded the pole-vault. He has done better than either Davis, the premier University vaulter, or Gratwick, whose work has been improving very fast lately, have ever done, but Davis, unless bothered by his old injury, which kept him out of the meet against the Engineers, will surely win second place, while Gratwick, who has done 11 feet 6 inches, looks like the logical choice for third place over Hulman, whose mark against Princeton was only 11 feet...
...Pole-Vault.--Maclaughlin