Word: vault
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Pole vault, trials...
...following events will be called at 1.30 p. m.: 100 yards dash, 120 yards hurdle, pole vault, high jump and hammer throw. At 1.45 the contestants are expected to be on the field as roll call will be made at that time. Each of the foregoing events will be commenced promptly...
Hickok's distance in the shot putting was 44 ft. 1 3/2 in., and in the hammer throwing he covered 129 ft. 5 1/2 in. Hoyt distinguished himself by clearing 11 ft. in the pole vault, breaking the record of 18 ft. 10 1/8 in. held by Bucholtz of Pennsylvania. Paine raised Fearing's record in the high jump of 6 ft. 1/2 in. by one-eighth of an inch. He won first place in the event at 5 ft. 9 3/8 in., and cleared the bar in his exhibition jump without great difficulty and at the first trial. Hill...
...Pole vault - Won by W. W. Hoyt, Harvard, 11 feet; H. Thomas, Yale, second; G. N. Allen, Yale, third...
...Pole vault...