Word: 8in
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...66ft. 7in.; 440 yards dash, Stothers, '90, 56 3-4s., (beaking the record); running hop, skip and jump, Bloss '90, 42ft. (break the record); mile walk, Chamberlain '90, 9m. 7 1-4s; 220 yards dash, Ellis '90 24 1-4s.; putting the shot, Ford '91, 30ft. 8In.; running broad jump, Heywood '89 19ft. (breaking record); 100 yards three legged race, Ewing and Ellis '90, 12 1-2s; standing broad jump, Bullard '89, 9ft. 10in.; mile run, Grover '90, 5m. 10s.; pole vault, Parrot, '80, 8ft. 6in.; hurdle race, '90, 22s. (breading record); throwing baseball, Lord...
...winter meeting of the P. C. A. A. took place in the gymnasium at 2.30 p.m. The crowd was enormous, all the available room being occupied by the spectators. The following are the records made in each event: Standing high jump - F. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 8in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 7in. 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...
Wonderful kicking. William P. Chadwick, yesterday, in a place kick at foot-ball, with run, sent the ball 200ft. 8in. and, in a drop kick, 168ft. 7in. If this report should prove true, Mr. Chadwick will have the credit of an amateur best-on-record in each style of eking. - Spirit of the Times...
...Clark of Harvard contested for this event. Clark's puts were very good, and far better than the best he has done in practice. The Yale men did only fair work, but Rohrbach made one beautiful put of 38ft. 1in., and won the prize. Clark was second, with 37ft. 8in. If the shot was of the correct weight (of which there was doubt at the time) this will make Rohrbach the holder of a best college record...
...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 and Clark both having jumped 5ft. 8 3 4, both failed at 5ft. 9 3-4. In jumping off, Atkinson finally cleared 5ft. 9 3-4in., just grazing the bar. As Clark failed to go over, the event went to Atkinson, who thus betters the college record...