Word: poling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yard dash, S. S. Derrickson, School of Medicine; E. B. LaFetra, '87; quarter-mile run, H. M. Banks, Jr., '89, School of Arts; half-mile run, H. Y. Smith, S. of Med.; pole vault, A. Stevens, '87, S. of Mines, who won first place in that event last year; high jump, G. Richards, '87, 'S. of A., who won second place last year; broad jump, Douglass Ewell, '88, S. of A.; hurdle, H. Mapes, '90, S. of A.; bicycle race, C. H. McGuire, '89, S. of A., E. H. Hornbostel, '90, S. of A., and H. F. Hornbostel...
Stevens who won the intercollegiate pole vault last year, only cleared 8 feet 11 3-4 in. at the Columbia College athletic games last week...
...RETAINS THE TUG-OF-WAR CHAMPIONSHIP - '87, THE PENNANT - LEAVITT BREAKS THE HARVARD RECORD IN THE POLE-VAULT...
...weather of Saturday prevented the usual large attendance upon the Second Ladies' Day of the Winter Athletic Meetings. Most of the events were well contested but as the records made, except that in the pole-vault, were not very good, at times the interest flagged. In the latter event Leavitt won great and deserved applause for his good leaping...
POLE-VAULT.In the pole-vault, R. J. Leavitt, '89, distinguished himself by his fine work. He vaulted higher and higher until he had cleared 10 feet 5-8 inches. This broke the Harvard record of 9 feet 6 inches, and is seven and one-eighth inches short of the best college record, now held by La Fayette. Last year Stevens, of Columbia, won this event at the intercollegiate games with a vault one-eighth of an inch short of Leavitt's. G. Wheelright, '90, cleared 9 feet...