Word: canfield
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...were divided giving Harvard 2 1-2. The University team was shutout in the hammer-throw and the broad-jump as no men qualified in Friday's preliminaries. In the high-jump, however, Harvard unexpectedly scored more points than in any other event. By tieing for first place with Canfield of Yale and Palmer of Dartmouth, R. G. Harwood '09, S. C. Lawrence '10, and R. P. Pore '10 added 6 3-5 points. The height, 5 feet, 11 1-4 inches, was the best performance to date for all three men. The remaining 5 points were...
Harwood (H.), Lawrence (H.), Pope (H.), Canfield (Y.), Palmer...
...Princeton and Nelson of Yale tied for fifth place at the same height. In the jump-off Nelson won, thereby excluding Vezin from the finals. It took a long time to reduce the field in the high jump to five men. Pope of Harvard, Palmer of Dartmouth, and Canfield of Yale cleared 5 feet 10 inches, but Harwood and Lawrence of Harvard tied with Rossman of Cornell and Lane of Pennsylvania for the other two places. Lane was the first to be eliminated, and after repeated trials Harwood and Lawrence finally beat Rossman...
...large number of men of about equal ability will compete in the high jump. If anyone wins the event outright, it will probably be Palmer of Dartmouth. A complicated tie for the other points is likely to result between Harwood, Pope and Lawrence of Harvard, Canfield and Reiley of Yale, Rossman of Cornell, Horrax of Williams, and Lane of Pennsylvania...
High Jump--Won by Riley (Y.): second, Canfield (Y.); third, Coy (Y.). Height...