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Those who came to see records smashed were disappointed. Yale's slim Keith Spalding Brown, who holds the world's indoor pole-vaulting record, was outsoared by Southern California's William Graber in a vault-off. Sam Allen of Oklahoma Baptist came nearest to setting a world mark. Over the 120-yd. high hurdles two reserve and one regular timer caught him at 14.1 sec., a tenth of a second better than the record. Unfortunately for Allen, the other two regular timers averaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Princeton Mile | 6/24/1935 | See Source »

...Pole vault-W. W. Hoyt, H., R. G. Clapp, Y., and B. Johnson, Y., tied for first place; C. T. Dudley, Y., fouth. Height 11 ft. 1 in. A new record of 11 ft. 41-8 in. was established by Hoyt and Clapp on the vault...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Intercollegiate Games. | 5/31/1898 | See Source »

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