Word: champion
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...last meeting of the Yale Gymnastic Association is to be held on the evening of February 14. Dr. Anderson has made arrangements to have the champion amateur gymnasts of the United States give an exhibition. Among them are Robert Stoll, of the New York Athletic Club, champion on the flying rings; H. Bettler, champion on the horizontal bar, and Gus Ahl, Turn Verein champion on the parallel bars. The members of the association will compete for the University championship on the horizontal bar, parallel bars, flying rings and tumbling...
...Sweeney, champion amateur high jumper will compete in the B. A. A. games...
...finals in the Andover-Exeter tennis contest last year, and has won every set he has played during his course at Yale in this spring's tournament. Butterworth is the old football player. Foote will meet. A. J. Sharly, of Somerville, Mass., last year's Yale champion, and play for the graduates' cup in a few days...
...winner of the spring tournament played T. Hoppin '93, who holds the college tennis championship. Although Chase won the match by the score 4-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2, Hoppin still holds the championship, for it is only after the fall tournament that the champion can be beaten. The match was not particularly well played on either side. It was generally too careful and lacking in "killing" strokes, though both the men made many brilliant plays...
Kirk, who played on the champion, lacrosse team of Canada for six years, is training the Lehigh team...