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...succeeded in getting over the bar until it was put at 6 feet, 10 3-4 inches, when Shead dropped out. Green then gave a very pretty exhibition of vaulting winning the event at 7 feet, 3 1-4 inches-only half an inch less than the world's record...
Best general references: Congressional Record, vol. 17, part II., pp. 1337 41; Public Opinion, December 28; Nation, March 13, Jan. 30, Jan. 9, Jan. 16, Nation, vol. 42, pp. 121, 142, 207, 265, American Catholic Quarterly, XIII., 345; Critic, VIII...
...unwise to pass the Blair bill because: (a) It is obviously a local measure.- Congressional Record, pp. 1238. (b) It is based upon statistics clearly false at the present time.- Nation, vol. 42, p. 207. (c) The apportionment is made on a false standard.- Nation, March...
...doubtful constitutionality. (a) It violates the general welfare clause of the constitution. (b) It makes a national measure subject to the will of the states.- Congressional Record, vol. 17, part...
...meeting was to impress upon the men that it was now time to begin active training. The track is ready for use, and Mr. Lathrop will be there daily between 11 and 1, and 3.30 and 5 It is important that every man should train regularly, and a record of attendance will be kept. Every candidate will also have to register daily in the gymnasium the number of hours of sleep which he had the proceeding night. In closing, Capt. Sturgis called attention to the fact that the Mott Haven, unlike other athletic teams, is not composed...