Word: pole-vault
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...Nagel, of Yale, was second in the pole-vault with a vault of 11 feet 6 inches...
...middle-distances. In the mile and two-mile runs R. D. Campbell '17, R. H. Davison '17, J. Coggeshall, Jr., '18, and G. A. King '18 will be the best men representing the University. C. S. Babbitt '18 and H. Davis '18 will perform next year in the pole-vault and broad-jump respectively...
...POLE-VAULT (Final), 3.00 P. M.--I. C. A. A. A. A. Record, 13 ft. 1 in., R. A. Gardner, Yale...
From statistics of Harvard track records taken by the CRIMSON, it appears that the physical condition of the average man is better today than forty years ago. Of course running shoes, board and cinder tracks, take-off boards for the broad-jump, poles for the pole-vault, and the system of coaching have all been improved and necessarily have a bearing upon these records. Yet, by merely glancing at them, it may be seen that even grammar school boys of today could compete with the University record holders of 1875. Moreover, these records run on such a poor average that...
...change of the pole-vault record causes the most surprise. The present record was made by J. Barr '10 in 1908, when he cleared the bar at the height of 12 feet 4 7-8 inches. This is five feet and four inches higher than the record of 7 feet 1 inch, made by N. H. Fowler...