Word: vaulting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...clear superiority in four events and by a very creditable showing in others. The race between Harvard and Pennsylvania was very exciting. First one college would lead by a point and then the other, until the score was tied at 20 points each. The result of the pole vault, after Hoyt and Bucholtz had shared the honor of making a new intercollegiate record, decided the relative standing of the two colleges in the final score...
Four intercollegiate records in all were broken, - those in the mile run, hammer, shot and pole vault and records were equalled in the 100 and 220 dashes, and in the high and low hurdles. The bicycle record was broken by Manley of Swathmore on Friday...
...pole vault, Hoyt of Harvard and Bucholtz of Pennsylvania left their rivals and tied at 11 ft. 2 3/4 in. Both failed at 11 ft. 6 3/4 in. and were so tired that they kept on failing as the bar was gradually lowered. At this crisis the age and experience of Bucholtz, who is 10 years older than Hoyt, began to tell, and at last when the bar was at 10 ft. 9 1/3 in., the Pennsylvania man went over and Hoyt could...
...Pole vault, final...
...Hoyt of Harvard, can clear 11 feet again in the pole vault on Saturday he will win first prize, though Thomas of Yale, and Bucholtz of Pennsylvania, have done almost the same height...