Word: vaulting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When the body of Thomas R. Marshall, onetine Vice President, was being laid away in a vault at Indianapolis, friends of his in Washington told a story which he probably would have told in his lifetime if it had not been so pathetic...
...pole vault is an event, the outcome of which is quite uncertain. Either Durfee of the Blue team or Combs of Harvard have a good chance for first honors. Durfee placed in the 1924 Intercollegiates, but so far this year Combs has been keeping up with him. Both can clear over 12 feet...
Just to show that they are still there, that they have not been sold, as so often reported, the Moscow Government led the Diplomatic Corps to the state vault in the Treasury to see the Romanov Crown Jewels...
...Holy Cross, Marsters of Georgetown-each miss by just half a second his famed intercollegiate records for the quarter, for the half mile, respectively. Together with 7,000 other spectators, he was entertained, that afternoon, by one dramatic event. It occurred when Sherrill of Pennsylvania, having won the pole vault with a jump of 13 ft., set out to better the intercollegiate record of 13 ft. 1 in. set by Robert A. Gardner* in 1912.† He asked to have the bar put at 13-2, measured his takeoff, dashed down the runway, shot high in air, fell over into...
...conceded to Norton of Yale, intercollegiate champion. Comins and Deacon are likely to shut out Harvard's men in this event. The latter should win the high jump, being capable of jumping over six feet. Durfee of Yale must do his best to beat Combs in the pole-vault. Competition in the discus should be close; both Laimbeer and Graf are doing around 125 feet in practice...