Word: poled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Wins were attained by Jim Lightbody in the 220 and 440, Ed Childs in the half, Pen Tuttle in the mile, Downing in the shot, Ed Ford in the javelin, Shallow in the hammer, Hollands in the broad jump, a triple tie among Aertson, Ford, and MacIsaac in the pole vault...
When the Freshman track team meets Andover away this afternoon it will be endeavoring to avenge this winter's very close defeat. With Lightbody in the quarter, George Downing and Nat Heard in the shot, Fred MacIsaac in the pole vault, and former Phillipian Ed Childs in the half the first year men have a fifty-fifty chance to win, though their chances will be jeopardized by the temporary absence of star hurdler Mason Fernald...
Even after Squire Whiting became the acknowledged boss of Phinizy County, things went on, especially on Hoop Pole Ridge. Little Bas Younger, the current he-coon, got licked in an argument in front of the courthouse, and that night his opponent's house burned down. Squire Whiting was getting ready to turn over the county to his successor, but he wanted things shipshape, so he rode out to Hoop Pole Ridge and shot Little Bas. The inhabitants of the Ridge let Little Bas lie. Said one of them to the heir apparent, "I reckon you air the he-coon...
...well established as a legitimate heir of Joel Chandler Harris. The Three-Headed Angel is a new departure for him, not only because it is not laid in the deep South but because it has only one Negro character. Most readers will consider that his Hoop Pole Ridgers make up for the loss. Author Bradford swears he has made up the names of all his characters. Mersery Pillow's mother called her that after the planet Mercury. Brigadier-General Bushrod Johnson Potter was what Mersery and Lafe called their firstborn...
Perhaps the biggest disappointment was in the pole vault where Win Pettingell managed to vault only to 12 feet, 6 1/2 inches and leave the way clear for Singston of Rhode Island at 13 feet...