Word: runway
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Yesterday afternoon furnished much humor. Several alleged that the punt, which seats ten men on a side and has a runway down its length, resembles nothing so much as an old Roman galley. What with a coach, a manager, and a moving picture photographer pacing between the oarsmen, all that would have been needed to complete the picture of a classic galley would have been to chain the men to their seats and supply the coach with a whip...
...pole-vault was perhaps the most spectacular event of the evening. A special board runway was constructed, with a dirt catch for the pole, and a dirt landing pit. In view of the difficulties attendant on staging this event indoors, the hazy atmosphere and the lack of a proper background against which to view the bar, topping the 12-foot mark reached by Harwood and Gardner was a very creditable performance. There was little to choose between the style of the two men as they cleared the bar. On the toss to settle the tie, Gardner won and was awarded...