Word: vaults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Fence Vault:- H. Tallant, '91; G. W. Pearson, L. S.; G. L. Barney...
...University candidates was made out of doors. The wrestling class still continues, and many men are practicing on the rings and the parallel and horizontal bars. The work of the University and the class crews is unchanged, and the candidates for the Mott Haven team jump, vault and go through the dumb-bell exercise. The sprinters, for a short run, take advantage of the cinder sidewalk which extends from the gymnasium to North Avenue. Noble, '88, and Slade, '90, are training for the hurdle race this year, and it is possible that Capt. Lund will also enter in this event...
...first event was the fence vault. Of the six entries but four men appeared-R. C. Williams and H. G. Bradlee of the M. I. T., and J. Connor and R. E. Grant of the Union Gymnasium. Williams and Connor both did 6 ft. 9 in., and, failing in the next height, the event was given to Connor on a handicap for size. The standing high jump was the next event. Out of five entries the contest narrowed down to Mason. M. I. T., and Curtis, H. A. A. The failure of both...
...pole-vault was won by F. C. Walcott of Yale (1 ft. 3 in.), with an actual vault of 8 ft. 9 in. F. Mason, Harvard (1 ft. 3 in.), took second prize with an actual of 8 ft. 6 in. Shearman of yale (scratch) vaulted 9 ft. 6 in.; Leavitt of Harvard (scratch) 9 ft. The floor was so slippery as to make good vaulting almost impossible...
...running high kick will be an interesting event, among the entries being Phillips, who made a record of 9 feet 3 1-2 inches at the Union games last Monday; Wason of Technology, and Lee of Yale. A large number of entries have been received for the fence-vault. The tug-of-war will be an interesting event. Technology pulled Harvard at the last meeting and will undoubtedly do her best to do so again this year. Harvard will be only represented in the tug-of-war by the '90 team, as the regular varsity team has decided...