Word: poled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this year, with seasoned veterans hitting their prewar stride, Coach Mikkola's team may give the man who letters in the new records a busy season. Without crawling too far out on the limb, it is safe to say that records in the hammer, shot, discus, pole-vault, and hurdles will all be in serious jeopardy as soon as official competition gets under...
...Pole-vault--T. M. Ford '43, May 7, 1942. Height 13 feet., 11 3/4 in. Broadjump--E. O. Gourdin '21, July 13, 1921. Distance--25 ft., 3 in. High-jump R. Haydock, Jr., '39, May 15, 1937. Height--6 ft., 3 1/4 in. Javelin--R. C. Johnson '36, May 25, 1935. Distance--208 ft., 6 in. Discuss--J. H. Dean '34, May 19, 1934. Distance--157 ft., 7 3/4 in. Shot-put (16 lbs.)--H. P. Mendel '40, June 1, 1940. Distance--50 ft., 6 3/4 in. Hammer-throw (16 lbs.)--W. J. Shallow '40, May 20, 1939. Distance...
...held by H. P. Mendel '40. Felton Garland and Jackson will all double in the discus. Elsewhere in the field events, more holdovers from the indoor season will spearhead the Crimson scoring thrust. Pete Harwood, Bill Lawrence, Owen Torrey and Tom Johnson have all proved their qualifications for the pole-vault, with Harwood up around 13 feet 6 inches, Lawrence and Torrey pushing 13 feet, and Johnson capable of 11 feet. Pete Garland and Gene Harrigan will take care of the high-jumping chores. Both have done six feet. Dave Read, who has been hobbling around on crutches since...
...islands north and west of Arctic Bay (see map). Only two of them have been pinpointed yet. The headquarters station will be at Winter Harbor on Melville Island and will be in operation by next August. The other will be still further north-700 miles from the North Pole-at Ellesmere Island's Eureka Sound. It will be set up probably in April. Exploratory parties will recommend sites for the other seven stations later...
...object to the so-called cable-car picture [TIME, Feb. 10]. The artist has fettered this poor thing with an overhead trolley wire and trolley pole. There is even a hook-shaped device on the front of this hermaphrodite for holding the trolley pole when not in use. . . . D. H. LEHMER Berkeley, Calif...