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Dates: during 1880-1889
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YALE UNIVERSITY CREW.Bow-R. M. Wilcox, '88 S., 28 years, 152 lbs., 5ft. 8 1-2 in., Portland, Conn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale-Harvard Race. | 9/27/1888 | See Source »

...mile walk, Platt, '89, 7m. 38 2-5s.; 120-yards hurdle, Berger, '88, 17s.; half-mile run, Holton, 2m. 42 2-5s.; 220 yards dash, Robinson, '89, 23 2-5s.; two-mile bicycle race, Weare, '90, 6m. 46 1-5s.; running high jump, Shearman, '89, 5ft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Spring Meetings. | 5/17/1888 | See Source »

...high jump there were seven contestants, two more than at the first contest. Bell, '91, won with a jump of 5ft. 3 1-2 in. Hunnewell, '90, and Briggs, L. S., tied for second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 1/23/1888 | See Source »

...broken. The sparring was exciting, but not scientific. Following is a summary of the games: Fence vault, R. C. Williams, '86, 6ft. 7in.; standing high jump, L. C. Wason, '90. 4ft. 7in.; putting shot, J. C. DeBullett, 33ft. 6 1-2 in.; running high jump, L. C. Wason, '90, 5ft. 2in.; fencing, H. A. Craigin; running high kick, L. C. Wason, '90, 9ft.; middle-weight sparring, Hamilton, '89; feather-weight sparring, J. A. Bachelder...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Technology Sports. | 12/19/1887 | See Source »

...Hale, '91 (scratch), S. N. Bell, '91 (scratch), J. B. Alexander, '90 (3 inches), F. B. Winthrop, '91 (4 inches), appeared for the running high jump. Hale won with a jump of 5ft. 3 3-4 in. Winthrop covered 4ft. 11 1-2 in., and got second place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Athletic Sports. | 10/30/1887 | See Source »

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