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Considering the damp and chilly weather, and the rain-soaked track, the excellence of the performances was very remarkable. As it was, five intercollegiate records were broken, and if the day had been favorable, several more might also have gone. It caused no great surprise to see Hickok make new marks in the weight throwing events, for it was known that he had often done so in practice, but the other three records were unexpected...
...Hickok's distance in the shot putting was 44 ft. 1 3/2 in., and in the hammer throwing he covered 129 ft. 5 1/2 in. Hoyt distinguished himself by clearing 11 ft. in the pole vault, breaking the record of 18 ft. 10 1/8 in. held by Bucholtz of Pennsylvania. Paine raised Fearing's record in the high jump of 6 ft. 1/2 in. by one-eighth of an inch. He won first place in the event at 5 ft. 9 3/8 in., and cleared the bar in his exhibition jump without great difficulty and at the first trial. Hill...
Putting 16 pound shot - Won by W. O. Hickok, Yale, 44 ft. 1 1/2.; A. Brown, Yale, second; K. K. Kubli, Harvard, third...
Throwing hammer - Won by W. O. Hickok, Yale, 129, ft. 5 1/2 in.; H. Cross, Yale, second; C. Chadwick, Yale, third...
Throwing the Hammer.1, Cross, Y.; 2, Johnstone, H.; 3, R. A. Hickok, Y.; 4, Connor, H.; 5, Brown, Y.; 6, W. O. Hickok, Y.; 7, Chadwick...