Word: vaulters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...made by Hoffmire of Cornell in 1914, C. E. Johnson of Michigan, a remarkably versatile athlete, scored the largest number of points in the meet, winning the broad jump, placing second in the 100 yard dash, and tying for second in the running high jump. Dartmouth's best pole-vaulter, E. E. Myers, cleared the bar at 12 feet, 6 inches, three inches better than Newsletter of Pennsylvania, but was too exhausted when he tried for the world's record with the bar placed at 13 feet, 3 inches, to succeed in clearing...
...University track prospects are decidedly brighter than at the start of the winter season. Although only a few candidates have been reporting for the field events, the return of R. W. Harwood '20 has provided the team with a remarkable pole-vaulter. H. C. Flower '19 is reporting daily for practice in the sprints, while W. Moore '18, who with E. A. Teschner '17 was the University's mainstay in the dashes in 1917, has just announced that he expects to obtain his release from the Army in about two weeks...
...field events there will probably be a high jump and a 12-pound shot-put, but as there is not a single vaulter in the whole University this year there will be no pole vault on the program...
...with the election of R. F. Snell, 1918, regular second baseman on last year's team, as captain for next year. Intramural contests have been started however, and the first game between the college and Sheffield was played Saturday. With the election of J. D. Nagel, 1918, a pole-vaulter, as next year's track captain, the official season of the track team was brought to a close, but track athletics are still being participated in by the undergraduates...
...will probably place well, as both showed up well in the indoor meets this past winter. C. S. Babbitt '18 and R. W. Harwood '20 will be the only other members of the University to compete, both being entered in the pole-vault. Harwood is an especially brilliant vaulter, holding the University interscholastic meet record, and may score at Philadelphia today...