Word: barring
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...event was given to Connor on a handicap for size. The standing high jump was the next event. Out of five entries the contest narrowed down to Mason. M. I. T., and Curtis, H. A. A. The failure of both at 4 ft. 8 3-4 in. lowered the bar an inch. Both cleared this on the third trial. Wason got over 4 ft. 8 in. on the third trial, taking the event. Doherty won putting the shot with a put of 32 ft. 7 in. DeBullet was second at 32 ft. 4 in. The running high kick brought...
...last meeting occurs on March 24th, and the following events will take place: Running high jump, flying rings, rope climbing, pole vault, horizontal bar, spring-board leaping, running high kick, tumbling, and the final tug-of-war between the teams winning the former events...
...prize will be given to the class winning the greatest number of events in the three meetings, and also prizes for general excellence in the following events: Parallel bars, flying-rings, horizontal bar, running high jump, two-hand fence vault and tumbling...
...running and jumping. The outlook for winning the first and second bicycle prizes at Mott Haven in the spring is good. As the first of the winter meetings takes place so soon, the contestants are working more regularly. The contest for the medal for excellence on the horizontal bar will be very close. Men are daily practising on the rings and at tumbling. AS there are at present no rooms devoted to fencing and sparring, the contests in these branches are uncertain. The tug-of-war team are not working very hard, and the outlook for winning first prize...
...Johns Hopkins University now requires all undergraduate students to pass an examination in gymnastics before obtaining a degree. Vaulting, jumping and simple exercises on the parallel bar, horizontal bar and ladder are required. The maximum mark is 36, of which 20 is necessary in order to pass...