Word: poled
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quarter in 49s, the two miles in 9.54 7-10, the low hurdles in 23 3-5s, the shot at 44.5 1-2, the hammer at 165.2 1-2, (breaking a record of 25 years' standing), the discus at 135.7 1-4 and the pole vault at 13.4. Furthermore, two other Yale vaulters cleared 12.5, and its best high hurdler was a scant three yards behind Ben Hedges, the great Princeton captain, in 15s. Therefore it requires no expert to appreciate the magnitude of the task confronting the Harvard athletes at New Haven tomorrow...
Yale likewise boasts several outstanding athletes in the person of Avery and Taylor. The former, although incapacitated by a leg injury from taking part in the pole vault, his best event, is nevertheless good for a 130 foot throw in the discus. Taylor attains a 130 footmark in the hammer throw consistently...
While it concedes first and second in the broad jump to French and Rowe of Harvard, and expects Moore and Harding of the Crimson to take the first two places in the javelin, the Blue is looking for a clean sweep in the pole vault and discus throw with Sturdy and Captain Brandenburg winning these last two events...
...defeat of the University runners by taking the first yearling meet from the Blue in 20 years. Last year the outcome of the first year meet was in doubt until the last event, when three Eli cubs cleared the bar at 11 feet to sweep nine points in the pole vault and slightly dim the glory of the University victory...
...Pole vault--Tie between W. H. Cleaver '29 and C. E. Dunlap '30, 12 ft.; third, Noyes...