Word: poled
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...heavily in both dashes and would probably have brought California's total above that of Dartmouth and Yale. Dartmouth, through Braun, who earned nine points in the two hurdle races, Whitney who finished second in the shot-put, Buck who landed in a tripple tie for first in the pole-vault, and Nordell who took the broad jump, finished fourth in the ranking...
...Camp '15, has done the best of anyone in the pole-vault to date, and if he continues in his present form he should register 5 points. Nevertheless, Cornell has two good men in Fritz and Milton, who defeated Camp in the dual games and who may force Camp to take second or even third. Sewell, of Pennsylvania, and Carter, of Yale are two others who have gone higher than 12 feet although the latter is irregular in his work. These men should take fourth and fifth places respectively...
...merest chance that the little boat was sighted, for if two hours had not been lost in making soundings and other investigations, the "Seneca" would have been far out of its path and would have passed it in the night. The boat, distinguished by a coat fastened to a pole, was sighted three miles off. The men, when found, had only a handful of crumbs left as their rations, but after a short time all but the leader were in fair condition...
...Pole-vault--Johnston, Yale, 11 ft., 10 in.; Richards, Harvard...
...Boyd having a good chance to win the latter. More points may be looked for in the hurdles, from the form Jackson has been showing lately. Johnstone, Camp and Sturgis should all score for Harvard, Johnstone in both the high and broad jumps, and Camp and Sturgis in the pole vault and hammer throw respectively. From this brief forecast it becomes at once evident that the winner of no event is certain at this point, that several records should be broken, and that to choose the ultimate victor is indeed a difficult task...