Word: polevaulter
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...step and jump and the polevault were the two events contested yesterday in the fifth of the series of handicap out-door field events. The heights and distances in these contests were not given out. C. C. Little '10 won the hop, step and jump from scratch; W. A. Perkins '12, with a handicap of 2 feet, 3 inches was second; and J. P. Long '11, with 1 foot, third. In the pole-vault, J. A. King '12, with a handicap of 1 foot, was first; E. J. Parker '10, with 4 inches, second; and O. M. Chadwick '11, with...
...collegiate mark by running the distance in 4 minutes, 17 4-5 seconds, breaking the record made by Haskins of Pennsylvania two years ago by 2 4-5 seconds. The other new record was made in the polevault by Campbell of Yale who cleared 12 feet, 3 1-4 inches, thus beating the mark of 12 feet 1 1-8 inches, set by himself and five others in the preliminaries Friday. In several other events, records were closely approached. The half-mile was won by Beck of Pennsylvania in 1 minute, 56 3-5 seconds, 3-5 of a second...
...High jump, shot-put, and polevault...
...preliminary trials, held yesterday afternoon, Harvard's chances of making a creditable showing were greatly lessened by failure to qualify in the 100-yard dash, the half-mile, and the polevault. The University team qualified 9 men as against 13 from Yale, 12 from Cornell, 9 from Michigan, 8 from Amherst, 3 each from Dartmouth, Syracuse, Swarthmore, and Williams, and one from Johns Hopkins. As a result of these trials, Michigan appears to be more formidable than at first considered, as almost without exception every man entered came up to expectations. Pennsylvania and Cornell, however, still look strong, although...
...Harvard, but Bredemus and Pevear of Dartmouth should also win points. B. t. Stephenson, Jr., '08 should easily win the shot-put as well as points in the other field events, and H. E. Kersburg '07 should secure first place in the hammer-throw. First place in the polevault should go to A. G. Grant '07 if he shows his last year's form. The results of the broad jump are rather doubtful, but the chances favor Harvard...