Word: stickfuls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Pole Vault. Last week in Boston a young man paced away from a horizontal stick, set 13 ft. 7⅛ in. from the floor. Turning he rushed, planted a spiked pole, and released all available springs. Sabin Carr of Yale had set a new mark for indoor pole-vaulters to shoot at. He had come within ⅞ in. of Charles Hoff's supreme effort-which did not count because Mr. Hoff is a professional. Bluebird. In a Bluebird on the Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Capt. Malcolm Campbell broke the world's automobile record for a kilometre...
...Cincinnati, one Howard Stribling, 20, of Columbus, Ohio, ate 62 oranges, spat out the seeds, broke his own Ohio record; won $20, a straw hat, a walking stick. His masked rival, one "Hoggie," ate 53, was satiated. Orange potentates rejoiced...
...Haggerty '27, A. H. O'Neil '28, W. C. Peet '28, and G. A. Tupper '29 in the feature one-mile relay against the Universities of Maryland and Virginia two of the fastest baton carrying combinations in the country. Tupper starred on his Freshman relay team. The Crimson stick passers were defeated by a narrow margin in the Knights of Columbus 1560 yard relay when the Holy Cross runners broke the tape a few yards in the lead. The addition of Haggerty to the combination, however, will materially strengthen Harvard's chances...
...baton for the University. The last three have already seen action in the Knights of Columbus meet against Holy Cross. The Purple flashed across the line ahead of the Crimson runners, but the addition, of Haggerty, who was unavailable on account of a knee injury, will strengthen the stick carriers. The Virginia and Maryland teams are recognized among the speediest in the country. Runners from 22 other colleges have been entered in the card of 18 relays...
...Cotton '29, riding in number 2 position, was the high scorer with six tallies to his credit. F. A. Clarke '29 was the big stick for the Crimson. He was the hardest rider on the field, drove four shots between the marks, and passed five times to his teammates for successful tallies. Robert Gibb '29, playing in place of W. H. White '28 who was taken sick, scored three times...