Word: vault
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson won every event in which it entered, letting Andover capture the pole vault. Yardling winners included Leo Daley with a double in the discus and weight throw; Jim Cairns in the 1000; Dave McLean in the mile; Paul Alabamian in the shot put; Mike Robertson in the 300; Dick Wharton in the 600; and Henry Moore in the high jump...
...capturing the 35-pound weight with a heave just short of 51 ft. Art Siler won the shot put event with a 49 ft. 2 in effort. The broad jump and high jump went to Terry Cheek and Brian Reynolds respectively, and Don Richards came through in the pole vault, clearing...
...Friedrich Karl of Hesse, granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria; in her cottage on her 250-acre Friedrichshof estate, near Kronberg, Germany. During the Allied air bombardment of Germany, Princess Margarethe secretly transferred the Hesse family jewels and memorabilia (estimated value: $3,000,000) from a Frankfort bank vault to a Friedrichshof subcellar and sealed the entrance. In 1945 the castle became an officers' club run by WAC Captain Kathleen Nash, who soon ferreted out the jewels, with two male officers smuggled her loot to the U.S. The following year, after Princess Margarethe discovered the theft, Army authorities...
...team's weakest event is the pole vault, which has only two candidates, one of whom has been inactive since the beginning of the season because of a pulled tendon. Dave Richard, the other vaulter, has been filling in well for the injured Lauren Studebaker...
Although the Crimson won both the mile and two-mile relays, B.U. strength in the other field events enabled them to pull away. Bruce Hoscock scored 13 points for the Terriers in the day's most outstanding performance, placing first in the high jump and pole vault and second to B.U.'s Nat Baker in the 35-pound weight. Baker also won the shot...