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...Putting the shot - Cook, '89, 34ft. 10 1/4in.; Wagenhurst, '88, second. Tug-of-war - in the first pull '89 and '90 tied, and in second, '90 won by two inches. '88, who drew the bye, won this event by pulling '90 20 inches. Running high jump - F. Spaulding, 5ft. 5in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 5ft. 4in. Light weight wrestling - first heat Denny, '87, threw L. Rice, '88; second heat Horne, '90, threw Goldie, '90; final heat won by Denny. Pole-vault - won by F. Spaulding, '87, at 8ft. 4in.; Chapin, '90, second. Middle-weight wrestling - won by Black, '88, who threw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Letter. | 2/25/1887 | See Source »

...contest in America. Six men, W. B. Page of Penn., The man who recently made a record of 5 feet, 9 inches, Harriman of Princeton, Richards of Columbia and Atkinson, Clark and Fogg of Harvard, were entered and all contested. The bar was put up to 5ft., 5in. before any failed. Harriman then dropped out with a record of 5ft. 4in. Fogg cleared 5ft. 6in. and then failed. The next to drop out was Page, who cleared 5ft. 7in. The three leaders now had a close contest for first place, but Richards failed next, having cleared 5ft. 8in. Atkinson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHALLENGE CUP CONTEST. | 5/26/1884 | See Source »

...HAND VAULT.J. P. Livermore, L. S., 6ft., 5in., Mar. 11, 1876; J. P. Livermore, L. S., 6ft., 9in., March 16, 1877; C. H. Foster, L. S., 6ft., 9in., March 16, 1880; W. Soren, '83, 6ft., 11 3-4in., March 16, 1882; C. H. Atkinson, '85, 7ft., 1in., March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD RECORDS. | 5/15/1884 | See Source »

...running high jump had four entries, Higginson, Keyes, Scott and Rogers. Higginson fell out at 4 ft. 5in., Keyes at 4ft. 8in., Rogers at 5ft., and the event was won by Scott by a jump of 5ft. 2-5in. The form of both Rogers and Scott was remarkably good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN ATHLETIC MEETING. | 10/26/1883 | See Source »

...fall athletic meeting at Amherst took place on Saturday. A large delegation from Smith College witnessed the sports. The following are a few of the records: Mile walk, 8 min. 6 sec.; standing high jump, 4ft. 8in.; running long jump, 19ft. 5in.; running high jump, 5ft. 2in.; standing long jump, 9ft. 71-2in.; mile run, 5 min. 15 3-8 sec.; 1-4 mile run, 57 1-4 sec.; 100 yards dash, 11 1-2 sec.; 1-2 mile race, 2 min. 13 1-4 sec.; hurdles, 17 1-2 sec. A barrel of cider was given...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 10/8/1883 | See Source »

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