Word: broke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...contributed more to the enjoyment of the class than the quartette, composed of Messrs. Mason, Harrison, Lander, and Morton. Mr. Mason acted as chorister, and called upon the following gentlemen for solos: Messrs. Barnes, Carey, Guild, Lander, Taylor, Frye, Richardson, Simmons, and Roberts. At a late hour the party broke up, after cheering the class, the college, and the '86 tug-of-war team...
...inches; T. C. Bachelder, L. S., 8 inches; C. H. Atkinson. '85, scratch. The event was won by Cary, who cleared 6 ft., 7 1-2 in. Atkinson cleared 7 ft., 1 3 4 in., which is 2 inches less than what he made last year when he broke the record for this event...
...lifted him off the floor, coolly brought him into the middle of the mattress, and planted him neatly on his back. Time, 5 minutes. The second fall was also won by Dudley, who, getting Fletcher by a body grip, put him down on his shoulders and then broke the bridge which the latter had made, with his legs...
...fall was won by Bowen by a neck hold, in 7 minutes. On coming together for the second time, the men sprawled out of the ring continually, and could not throw squarely enough to get a fall. The referee gave them a hold finally and Guild won, because Bowen broke his hold again. In the trial to get a third fall, 10 minutes and then more were used up in throwing vain endeavors to turn, and sprawling over the settees, reporter's table, and the laps of the audience. Again the referee gave the men a hold. Bowen threw Guild...
...Page, of the University of Pennsylvania, broke the Amateur record for the running high jump, last week, with a jump of 5 ft. 10 1-2 in. This is all the more remarkable from the fact that Page is but 5 ft. 7 in. tall...