Word: poling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Soren has won seven ourt of the twenty-four first prizes which Harvard has won in the four years she has held the cup, has won first prize in every jump on the I. C. A. A. programme: running high, running broad, standing high, standing broad and pole vault, holding the best amateur record in the world for the standing high jump. Mr. G. B. Morison has run in nearly every athletic and gymnastic meeting while he was mile run twice in the I. C. A. A. meetings and the general excellence prize for gymnastics three years...
...Wednesday, the following records were made: hundred yards dash, 10 3-4 seconds; two hundred and twenty yards dash, 28 seconds; quarter mile run, 56 1-4 seconds; mile run, 5 minutes, 17 1-4 seconds ; hurdles, 18 1-4 seconds ; running high jump, 4 feet 11 inches ; pole vault, 8 feet 8 inches, (best Dartmouth record) and throwing the base ball, 324 feet...
...recent sports at West Point two contestants are said to have made twelve feet in the pole vault. The jumping had to be stopped at this point on account of the height of the building...
...Cambridge, Mass., May 24, 1881. We are aware that, in the Yale games, at Hamilton Park, New Haven, Conn., May, 19, 1883, H. S. Brooks, Jr., Yale, ran a quarter-mile in 50.2-5 seconds; but this was on a half-mile trotting-track, measured 3 feet from the pole, and performances made there cannot be accepted as genuine records, in comparison with times made on paths measured in accordance with amateur athletic law. [Spirit...
...League of American Wheelmen, or gentlemen introduced by members of the New York Athletic Club: 100 yards run, handicap; 440 yards run, handicap; 1-6 mile hurdle race, handicap; half mile run, special; one mile walk, handicap; one mile bicycle, handicap; one mile run, handicap; three mile bicycle, handicap; pole vaulting; running high jump; running broad jump; base-ball throwing, for distance. Admission to the grounds by invitation only. Entries close June 4th, for Harvard men. Entries must be telegraphed today...