Word: poled
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Varsity high jumpers Jack Murphy and Hank Moore have reached 5 feet, 10 inches, but Villanova's Phil Reavis has cleared 6 feet, 10 inches. Similarly, Kip Smith, the Crimson's 13-foot pole vaulter, faces Don Bragg, a 15-foot...
Other Yardling winners were Bill De Keweit and Rosenthal in a four-way tie for first in the high jump, Dick Williams tied for first in the pole vault, and both relay teams. Dave Spinney placed second in the 1000, Rosenthal fourth in the broad jump, and Fred Washburn and Barrett Churchill tied for third in the pole vault...
...mile run, where Pete Reider, Dave Norris, and Ralph Perry could all place. Dick Wharton and A1 Wills are capable of winning in the 1000 and the 600 respectively against the formidable opposition of Princeton's Tempest Lowry and Yale's Bob Skerritt, as should Kip Smith in the pole vault...
Only after Parry finished did the track-wise crowd get a chance to settle down. The games expanded into the organized confusion of all indoor track meets. The pole vault had started, but no one would bother watching until the bar passed 14 feet. Tobacco smoke gathered over the tight oval of the banked-board track while sweat-suited runners in their warmups jogged endlessly toward nowhere. Hurdlers twisted into weird calisthenics all over the infield. Here and there some exhibitionist dropped into a handstand, presumably to loosen his legs. Hordes of officials in boiled shirts hardly had room...
...track were periodically removed so that dashmen and hurdlers would have a clear lane to their finish line. High jumpers rolled over the bar. Seconds after they started, handicap relays were too confused for the casual fan; runners were spread out over the track. And through it all, pole vaulters kept on jumping, and a proud, tux-togged official rode high in the basket of a finger lift to replace the bar when someone missed...