Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1895 — POLE-VAULTING CONTEST. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POLE-VAULTING CONTEST.

Both Vaulter* Cleared Eleven Feet and Two Inches. At the recent meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association, one of the most stubbornly contested events of the day was the pole vault between Buchholz, of Pennsylvania, and Hoyt, of Harvard. They both cleared 11 fei?f 2% inches, but failed at 11 feet inches. This event lasted all through the meeting, Buchholz finally landing

himself a winner in the jump-off at 10 feet 914 Inches—his winning jump, the last performance of the program.

VAULTING 11 FEET 2¾ INCHES.