Word: amateurs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meeting of the officers of the Athletic Association it was resolved that Princeton's vote at the meeting of the Intercollegiate Association be cast for withdrawal from the National Association of Amateur Athletes until the differences existing at present between it and the Amateur Union shall be settled...
...Carpenter played first base on the St. Mark's nine for two years and was captain of it last year. Cummin was left field on the St. Paul's nine last year. Churchill has a good reputation as a pitcher, while Bell has caught on one of the best amateur nines in the State...
Nearly twenty-five candidates are at present in training for the Cornell crew, in charge of Commodore Psotta, who holds the amateur championship of America in single sculls. and Mr. Nelligan, the university athletic trainer. Commodore Psotta is also in training for the amateur championship of the world, and will contest for the pennant in the Henley regatta, to be rowed on the Thames next summer; he will also represent Cornell in other regattas abroad...
...will give a souvenir amateur athletic meeting at Madison Square Garden, New York, March 2. The prizes will be diamond rings to first, diamond scarf pins to second, and handsome gold medals for third. There will be a gold watch souvenir for every starter. The programme is as follows: 75 yards run, handicap; 250 yards run, handicap; 440 yards run, handicap; 2 mile run, handicap; 1 mile walk, handicap; tug-of-war, scratch, 650 pounds limit; 3-4 mile novice walk, scratch; 1-4 mile novice run, scratch; 1 1-2 mile bicycle race, handicap. Entries will be received from...
...soft matting, thus giving a field little smaller than the regulation size, and no harder than the turf. The ball will not be allowed to be kicked, and the game will be strictly a running one. The game will be between the regular University of Pennsylvania eleven and an amateur eleven known as the Rivertons, which will be strengthened by four well-known Princeton players-Hancock,'88, as quarter-back; Cowan, '88, and L. Price, '88, half-backs, and Ames, '90, full-back...