The morning call., 1893-08-26
WITH HIS POLE.
"BriCk :" Morse Breaks
the Vaulting Record.
He Lands Twenty-six Feet Five and
Five-eighths Inches From the
Starting Point.

When Clinton Morse was a small boy he
was somewhat of a weak lad. and to ward
off any pulmonary disease his friends en-
couraged him in sports. Since he entered
the university with the class OF '94, the
present senior class, Mr.. Morse has taken
the most prominent part of any athlete
Mr.. Morse is one of the mortals favored
by the gods with auburn hair. which gift
has won for him the playful name of
Brick" Brick" Morse has at home a
large black velvet shield. but now there is
left little space upon it, for the young ath-
lete has covered it close with gold and silver
medals won in university field days. Not
c0ntented with starring as track athlete,
Mr. Morse played brilliant part as half
back on last years Varsity eleven. also
being on the baseball nine. And yester-
day Mr.. Morse again won renOwn to him
self and the university.
Field DAYS are not often given for one
man, but Brick has been training during
the summer on the long-dstance pole
vault and to enable him 10 make an official
record a special field day was held yester-
day on the university cinder track by the
Pacific Coast Amateur A thletic Associa-
ton. Colonel George G. Edwards of the
faculty, member of the University Athletic
Association, F. W. Bancroft of the Olympic
Club, Hart II. North of the Acme Athletic
Club of Oakland and Chester A. W6olsey.
field captain of the university, were the
officials present to give validity TO the
event. About hundred andIfifty specta-
tors had gathered by 4 o'clock in the after
noon.
An inch and an eighth does not seem a
great distance TO jump, especially for a
man with ten-toot pole. But when there
are tweniy-siX feet and four and half
inches to be crossed over before that inch
and an eighth can be reached. the little
space is a serious matter To the athletic eve
1t was A. II. Green, '93, of Harvard who
at the MetTOpolitap games in New York
last spring advanced the world record for
the long-distance pole vault to where it
stood until half-past o'clock yesterday,
when Clinton Morse, '94 of Berkeley.
raised the notch to twenty-six feet five and
fiye-eighth inches.
And this was the way of it. At 4 the
air was foggy. the crowd was small, a
slight west wind was blowing. Now here
were three points against record breaker
Cold wet air means sluggish blood and
depressed spirits; hope Is not then so
strong or self-conidence at par. A small
audience IS not soul-friDg, and even a
slight west wind counts counter in q swift
run and vault through space.
At 400 Morse appeared in light silk
knee running brooches, corked shoes and
thin shirt. A shout from the crowd en-
couraged him as he picked up the long,
slender pole that was to bear him to vic
tory. The ground was carefully exam
ined by the judges, and the word given
TO go.
An easy starter landed the auburn hair
25 feet 3% inches from the foot-rest. Then
Mcclellan tossed off eighteen feet, and
Hilborn climbed upon his pole to good re-
suit.
At 4:34 Morse grasped the stick again; a
quick, short-stepping run, with ten feet of
spike poised over his head until its steel
point suddenly reversed, and, descending
to the foorboard, the man ten feet from
the point rose gracefully into the air, body
extended, and, passing through the arc,
alighted at the greatest distance from his
starting point that historical man has
reached under like conditions, viz. % feet
55s inches.
The worlds record was won, aud a
shout from the audience now of 800 rent
The mist and echoed through the towerin @
eucalyptus" Brick Brick! Brick! Brick
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