Word: poling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Pole Vault - Soren, '83; Field and Mandell...
...POLE VAULT.W. Soren, '83; H. F. Mandell, '84, and C. M. Field, '84, were contestants in this event. It was won at last year's winter meeting by Mandell, with a record of 9 ft. 3/4in., and at the Polo Grounds last year by Soren, at 9 ft. 6 in. This is but 2 3/4 inches below the best college record. The bar was started at 6 feet, and was raised 6 inches each time. As the bar was rapidly raised, each jump aroused considerable enthusiasm among the spectators. Mandell and Soren excelled in form, while Field relied largely...
...Pole Vault - W. Soren, '83; C. M. Field, '84; H. F. Mandell...
...Princeton winter games occurred last Thursday and Saturday. Some excellent records were made, that in pole vaulting being broken by three-quarters of an inch. In the high jump, J. B. Harriman, '85, won by a record of 5 feet 3 inches...
...last year's programme was then read, and unless objection was made to any event it stood as last year. The following is the list: 100 yards dash, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, 1 mile run, 1 mile walk, 120 yards hurdles, running high jump, running broad jump, pole vault, shot, hammer, 2 mile bicycle race, tug-of-war. Harvard moved that the tug-of-war be removed from the programme; (1) because it is a great expense for colleges at a distance to send such a team; (2) it is almost impossible to decide it fairly...