Word: beating
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hundred yards runner of the world, who will attempt to lower the present record for seventy-five yards; Copeland, M. A. C., who will try to break the record for the 250 yards hurdle race; and Donahue, the champion ice skater of the world, who will endeavor to beat the best time for one mile on roller skates...
...whist tournament, H. A. Davis and R. D. Brown beat H. Webster and J. Crane. R. W. Herrick and P. S. Abbott beat H. H. Baker and F. H. Denney; R. S. Hale and J. A. Stetson beat R. W. Herrick and P. S. Abbott; H. Webster and J. Crane beat R. W. Herrick and P. S. Abbott...
...rooms last evening, to begin the whist tournament, but out of these fortunately three tables were formed. Play was begun at once, and in about an hour and a half the matches were finished all within a few minutes of one another. In section B, Rogers and De Normandie beat Everett and Burlingham, three games to two. In section A, Brown and Davis beat R. C. Harrison and P. J. Harrison three to two, and Hale and Stetson beat Baker and Denny three to one. Brown and Davis then played Hale and Stetson and won by a score of three...
...three-cornered" race. It is also out of the question to row a second race, as Yale wishes, for the strain on a freshman crew would be too severe and the expense of a longer stay at New London too great. Before our freshmen can row Yale they must beat Columbia, and this we trust they will do next June...
Hugh H. Baxter, of the New York Athletic Club, beat all previous records in pole-vaulting last Friday, having vaulted 11 ft. 3 in. The best previous record, also made by Baxter, was 10 ft. 9 in. Sherman, of Yale, won second prize with an actual vault...