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...first of a series of handicap field-event competitions, similar to those conducted last fall, will be held in the baseball cage at Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. This afternoon the contest will be in the broad-jump and tomorrow there will be a high-jump contest. The shot-put will come on Monday and the pole-vault on Tuesday. There will be three contests in each event and the winners of the greatest number of points in each series will receive cups. Entries may be made with Coach Quinn at the Cage before each event...
...Today--Broad-jump...
...Stephenson '08 leads in the shot-put with 6 points; E. L. Parker '10 leads with 5 points in the pole-vault; R. G. Harwood '09 leads with 8 points in the high-jump; E. T. Allen '09 and C. C. Little '10 each have 5 points in the broad-jump...
...yard dash, L. P. Dodge '08; 440-yard dash. B. L. Young, Jr., '07; 880-yard run. M. B. Van Brunt '08; mile run, S. T. Hubbard '07; 2-mile run. M. S. Crosby '08; 120-yard hurdles. W. McN. Rand '09: 220-yard hurdles, J. F. Deyle '07; broad-jump, O. F. Rogers '08; highjump. G. E. Roosevelt '09: pole-vault, A. G. Grant '07; shot-put, B. T. Stephenson '08; hammer-throw, H. E. Kersburg...
...Pentathon is a revival of an ancient contest, and is equivalent to the modern all round competition in this country. It includes five entries: running 192 metres, standing broad-jump, throwing the discus, hurling the javelin, and Graeco-Roman wrestling. The athlete must compete in all five of these events, and must win three to secure the prize. Sheridan, the American entry, is the all-round champion of the United States and holder of the record at throwing the discus in the American style...