Word: amateur
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Wendell Baker, W. B. Page, and A. B. Coxe are the collegiate entries for the amateur championship games on Staten Island next Saturday. The former will contest in the 100 and 220 yards dashes, and the two latter in the running high jump and throwing the hammer respectively...
...Manhattan games Saturday, Baker, '86, broke the amateur 125-yards record, making the distance in 12 3 5s. The former record was 13 seconds. He also ran an exhibition 300 yards...
...CRIMSONS will play the final game for the amateur championship with the "Peachblows" to-morrow...
...attention of the base-ball management should be called to the base-ball games which daily take place on Holmes and Jarvis Fields between various "amateur mucker" nines. Every afternoon a game is started on Jarvis, and as a means of encouragement, each nine is supported by a considerable number of friends. By running and tearing around the field as they do, the diamond is cut up in such a manner as to make the ground too rough and irregular for any other nines but ones like theirs to enjoy a game. It is an exceedingly disagreeable and difficult task...
Yesterday afternoon the amateur record in the two hundred and twenty yards dash was broken by Wendell Baker, '86. We extend our hearty congratulations to the representative of Harvard who has won such honor for himself and for the college, by his great success. It is gratifying to reflect that this record has been established beyond dispute. The judges and timers were gentlemen of the highest reputation, and prominent in athletic circles, so we may feel sure that this record will never be questioned. It was a beautiful race, and it was fairly won against the only antagonist, time...