Word: jump
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...HIGH JUMP...
...BROAD JUMP...
...Barr '09, C. S. Campbell and F. T. Neison, both of Yale, E. T. Cook of Cornell, J. F. Pickles of Pennsylvania, and C. Vezin, Jr., of Princeton. If the weather is good today, this record will undoubtedly be beaten again. The distances in the broad jump were surprisingly poor, but this may be partially accounted for by the heavy take-off. Considerable change in the positions as they stand at present will probably take place this afternoon. The hammer-throw is another event in which improvement is looked for today. Talbott and Horr are left to fight...
...pole-vault Barr of Harvard was the first to clear 12 feet, 1 1-8 inches. Cook of Cornell, Pickles of Pennsylvania, and Campbell of Yale followed in succession. After three failures Vezin of 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...
...five men who were retained for the broad jump were closely bunched between 21 feet 9 inches and 21 feet 6 1-2 inches. Mayhew of Brown made the best jump, with Nixon of Cornell an inch behind. Babcock of Columbia was a quarter of an inch behind Nixon, and Cook of Cornell a quarter of an inch behind Babcock. Kilpatrick, although he finished fifth yesterday, is still a prominent candidate for first or second place. Cook has a lame ankle and may not be able to improve his mark to any great extent...