Word: poling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...best record in putting the shot, throwing the hammer, throwing the fifty pound weight and in pole vaulting were beaten at Mott Haven Saturday...
...championship games of the National Association of Amateur Athletes will take place in New York today. The games will consist of runs at 100 and 220 yards, a quarter, a half, one mile and five miles, one three and seven mile walk, putting the shot, hammer throwing, hurdle race, pole leaping and bicycle races. Brooks of Yale is expected to contest in several of the shorter runs...
...pole-vault was won by Toler, '85, Princeton, who holds the best record of 10 feet 1 inch. He had already tired himself by pulling on his tug-of-war team, but nevertheless vaulted in magnificent form making 10 feet. Harriman, '83, Princeton, was second, stopping at 9 feet 6 inches. Soren failed at 8 feet and did not vault in his usual form. Toler's style of vaulting was very different from that of the other competitors. He did not seem to rely so much on his run and threw his body largely with his arms...
...more first prizes in the inter-collegiate meeting than ever before, carrying off seven out of the fourteen prizes. The out-look for next year is good, though we lose three of our best men, Morison, Kip and Soren. New men will be needed particularly in the shot, hammer, pole vault and running broad jump. We look forward, however, to next year confident that Harvard will again make a good fight for the championship cup which she has now won for four successive years...
Harriman, '83, will probably try the burdle-race, high jump and pole-vault. In these events he has records of 18 1-5, 5.6 and 9.11. Harriman, '85, will also go into the running high. He is about as good as his brother. Toler has the college record in the pole-vault, 10 ft. 1, made in the recent Princeton games. He stopped at this height only because the bar could be raised no more...