Word: poling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...contested at Mott Haven on May 29 are : 100-yards dash, 220-yards dash, 440-yards dash, 1/2-mile run, 1-mile run, 1-mile walk, standing high jump, running high jump, running long jump, standing long jump, throwing the hammer, putting the shot, 120-yards hurdle-race, pole vaulting, two-mile bicycle race, tug of war (teams of four men). All entries must be sent in to W. F. Morgan, 1 E. 40th St., New York City, on or before Saturday...
...seen that several of our records are lamentably poor, in fact, utterly unworthy of our Association, and we shall look forward to seeing more than one of them bettered at the approaching spring meeting. It may be said, however, in excuse for the poorness of the records at the pole leaping and throwing the hammer, that each of these events has been competed for only once at our meetings, and the men had then made no preparation at all for them; but with the present inducements offered by the H. A. A., we shall expect to see the hammer thrown...
...Association will hold its Fifth Annual Field Meeting on the 29th of May next, at Mott Haven. The events will be : 100-Yards Dash, 220-Yards Dash, 1/4-Mile Run, 1/2-Mile Run, 1-Mile Run, 1-Mile Walk, Running High Jump, Running Broad Jump, Standing High Jump, Standing Broad Jump, Pole Vaulting, 120-Yards Hurdle-Race, Throwing the Hammer, Putting the Shot, 2-Mile Bicycle Race, and Tug of War (teams of 4 men), The entries close on Saturday, May 15, next, and must be sent to W. F. Morgan, 1 East 40th Street. New York, on or before that date...
...squirt, or, more commonly, rush. With us this "consummation devoutly to be wished" is the result of grinding or digging. At Williams they grub and make a high-ti.* At the University of Virginia, curl was their synonym for this successful ending of work. At Princeton grinding is called poling, from the verb to pole...