Word: poled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...finish second to Army's Ed Bagdonas, and Hank Abbot took fourth in the shot put with a good 50 ft., 2 3/4 in. heave. Although Fitzgerald faltered in the mile, Fred Howard came out of nowhere on the last lap to salvage fifth place for the varsity, and pole vaulter Tom Blodgett cleared 13 feet for a third-place...
...field events, Jim Doty in the weight throw and Tom Blodgett in the pole vault are the Crimson's best bets for high finishes. Hank Abbot has a chance to score in the shot, and the jumps are anybody's guess...
Lahore Horse Show, a Pakistani photographer climbed a pole to get a better shot of the duke, lost his grip and fell over backward. Said Prince Philip, quite audibly: "I hope to God he breaks his neck...
...tenth also permitted them to pick up BBC telecasts from London. A ham radio operator in Rhode Island with a normal range of fifty miles was startled to pick up a station from Texas, but a Trans World Airlines pilot had to fly thousands of miles over the North Pole without radio contact anywhere. As soon as the Sun set on the evening of the tenth, aurorae were seen around the world, even in some latitudes where they had not appeared within memory. The display was so bright that it was seen in New York City, whose smoke and lights...
...Blodgett took the pole vault for the Crimson at 13 feet, thus tying the meet record, and the mile relay squad had a surprisingly easy time in whipping the Army quartet...