Word: amateur
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...George of the Mosely harriers, beat the amateur two-mile record (his own, 9m. 25 3-5s), at a late meeting of the London Athletic Club. Starting at the scratch against 25 competitors, he ran the distance...
...last games of the Young America cricket club, W. B. Page, of the University of Pennsylvania, tied the American amateur record of 5 feet, 9 inches, in the running high jump...
Otherwise the rules of the national amateur association will govern the race...
Boyden, '85, who pitched for Harvard Saturday, was the pitcher of the Beverly Stars when that nine defeated the Newtons, the amateur champions of the state. It will be remembered that the Newtons won their game with Harvard...
...committee of the amateur rowing association have defined a junior sculler as follows: "A junior sculler is one who has never pulled in a senior race, nor won a junior scull race; a junior oarsman is one who has never pulled an oar in a senior race, nor been a winning oarsman in a junior race; competitions with members of his own club will not affect the standing as a junior of any oarsman or sculler; the qualification of a junior oarsman or sculler shall relate to each time of his coming to the starting post, whether in a trial...