Word: amateur
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...lacrosse team has received an invitation to participate in the amateur championship tournament at New York on the 24th inst., but owing to the examinations it is unlikely that they will enter...
Upward of 3000 persons watched the seventh annual games of the National Association of Amateur Athletes of America, at the Polo Grounds, New York, Saturday. The greatest work of the day for excitement was the 220-yards run. Myers, the champion, was beaten by Brooks of Yale. Myers was put back a yard for a false start, which he could not recover. The half-mile was won by Goodwin, '84, over eight contestants...
...amateur championship games occur at New York today at 3 P. M., on the Polo grounds. Myers, the amateur champion, Wilmer, an ex-champion at short distances, and Brooks, of Yale, will meet in the short runs, and it is thought by the friends of Brooks that he will beat Myers or force him to lower all previous records in the 100 and 220 yards runs. Goodwin, '84, will compete with Myers, Jesurun and Smith in the one-half mile run. Fredericks, the mile champion for the last two years, will find men worthy of his steel, while...
Entries are solicited for the following races, viz: Eights, fours, pairs, doubles and singles, and we trust your club will be represented in one or more of these classes, for should this regatta be successful we hope it will result in an Annual Spring Regatta for Amateur Oarsmen...
...will offer suitable prizes to winners of each class, and should three or more boats compete in any class, second prizes will be awarded. The races, with exception of eights, will be one mile and return, and will be rowed under the rules and regulations of National Association of Amateur Oarsmen...