Word: amateurism
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...past three years Harvard has sent teams to compete for the prize offered by the New York Fencers' Club for the junior team championship of the Amateur Fencers' League of America. Men who have won any prize offered by the League are ineligible to compete for this championship, which Harvard has won twice. Last year M. D. Diaz '98 won the championship of America in sword duelling, and M. Green 3L. won the New England championship in foils...
...Brattle Hall. This will probably be the first time that the play has been put on the stage, although large parts have been taken bodily from it by more popular authors, especially Moliere. The original play contained five acts, but in order to bring it into suitable compass for amateur theatricals it has been found necessary to cut it down to three acts. This work was done by M. C. H. Bernard and H. B. Stanton...
Instead of the usual cups the Metropolitan Amateur Rowing Association has given chafing dishes this year as prizes for the regatta on June 17 last. The chafing dishes are now on exhibition at the CRIMSON office and may be obtained by members of the winning crews next week. The following men are entitled to them: Senior eight--Stroke, W. S. Watson; 7, N. Biddle; 6, R. O. Hodges; 5, W. R. Stoddard; 4, Wm. Greenough; 3, K. McG. Martin; 2, C. Blaikie: bow, J. B. Hawes; cox., F. R. Plumb. Junior eight--Stroke, H. G. Hart; 7, J. C. Grew...
...fourth annual regatta of the Metropolitan Amateur Rowing Association will take place on the Back Bay course beginning at 11 o'clock this morning. Twenty minutes will be allowed for each race. The races will be upstream from the Union Boat House, one mile and a half with a turn, except the eight-oared events which will be rowed down stream, one mile and a half with the finish at the Union Boat House...
Last Friday, C. H. Taylor 1900, captain of the Rifle and Pistol Club, made the following consecutive 10 shot scores in an attempt to surpass the American 50 shot pistol record: 97, 94, 95, 94, 92, 472 total. This score beats the best previous amateur performance by 4 points and the professional or world's record by 2 points. The shooting was done in the presence of witnesses...