Word: vaults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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POLE VAULT.The pole vault competitors were: T. C. Craig, '87, and J. W. Dudley, '87. Dudley failed at eight feet three inches. Craig vaulted at this height and won the event...
...first event of the afternoon was the fence-vault, which was well contested by six men; Fessenden, '86, Lander, '86, Leavitt, '89, Snyder, '86, L. S. Thayer, '88, and Batchelder, L. S. Thayer was the first to drop out and Batchelder soon followed. Leavitt and Snyder failed at six feet seven and a half inches. Lander fell out at six feet nine. The event was won by Fessenden with a vault of six feet ten and a quarter inches...
...Fence vault. - S. H. Fessenden, '86, C. O. Lander, '86, R. G. Leavitt, '89, E. N. Snyder, '86, L. S. Thayer...
Harvard had ten entries in the Winter games of the Institute of Technology which were held in Boston on Saturday, but only succeeded in winning one event - the pole vault, which was won by H. F. Hill, '87, at 9 feet. - Yale News...