Word: vaults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yard dash, S. S. Derrickson, School of Medicine; E. B. LaFetra, '87; quarter-mile run, H. M. Banks, Jr., '89, School of Arts; half-mile run, H. Y. Smith, S. of Med.; pole vault, A. Stevens, '87, S. of Mines, who won first place in that event last year; high jump, G. Richards, '87, 'S. of A., who won second place last year; broad jump, Douglass Ewell, '88, S. of A.; hurdle, H. Mapes, '90, S. of A.; bicycle race, C. H. McGuire, '89, S. of A., E. H. Hornbostel, '90, S. of A., and H. F. Hornbostel...
...these men, Lange in the walk can be picked as a sure winner, while in the tug-of-war, hurdle, pole-vault, broad jump and high jump, the men are looked upon as possible winners...
...News is very modest not to claim first place in the hurdles for Yale. With Suddington and Berger as her representatives it would seem as if there could be no doubt about the winner. Although Mr. Stevens of Columbia won first place in New York last year with a vault of 10 feet 3-4 inches, he did not do well in the games this winter. Yale and Harvard have both men who have broken the record made by Mr. Stevens and it would seem that he would have difficulty in winning again this year...
Stevens who won the intercollegiate pole vault last year, only cleared 8 feet 11 3-4 in. at the Columbia College athletic games last week...
POLE-VAULT.In the pole-vault, R. J. Leavitt, '89, distinguished himself by his fine work. He vaulted higher and higher until he had cleared 10 feet 5-8 inches. This broke the Harvard record of 9 feet 6 inches, and is seven and one-eighth inches short of the best college record, now held by La Fayette. Last year Stevens, of Columbia, won this event at the intercollegiate games with a vault one-eighth of an inch short of Leavitt's. G. Wheelright, '90, cleared 9 feet...