Word: vaulting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...usual Crimson strength is centered is the field events, with John Bunker and Bob Partlow in the high jump and Mitchell Ford in the pole vault as the outstanding contenders. But the Mikkolamen are also strong in the hurdles, with Captain Don Donahue and Roger Schafer, and in the dash with Doug Pirnie and Charlie Smith...
Harvard came off with a 46 1/3 to 44 2/3 triumph over the Army trackmen at West Point Saturday afternoon by virtue of a win in the one lap relay and six much-needed points in the broad jump. Valuable points in the hurdles, the pole vault, and the high jump early in the afternoon kept the Mikkolamen close to the Cadets until the last two events...
...Crimson track and field forces will be a slight favorite over a question mark Army squad at West Point this afternoon. Harvard is strong in the sprints, the high jump, the pole vault, the broad jump, and the hurdles, but is weak in most of the running events...
...Donshue and Don MacKinnon should come in one-two in the 80-yard high hurdles. John Bunker and Bob Partlow will score heavily in the high jump, and the latter is favored to cop the broad jump. Mitch Ford and Chester D' Autroment are a strong pair of pole vault entrants, but all along the line the strength of the Cadets is uncertain. They may pop up with unexpected men in any of the above events...
Sophomore Mitch Ford paced Crimson entrants in the V. F. W. track meet in the Boston Garden Saturday night by coming away with a tie for second with Steve Madey '40 in the pole vault. Ford and Madey cleared 13 feet, but loat to a 13 feet three inch effort by Perkins of the Observation Squadron...