Word: championships
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Since the winners of the championship last year are not now in college, it has been decided to allow Hall and Jones, and Denison and Booth, the two couples who were tied for second place last year, to draw a bye to the end of the final round. Hence the winners of the tournament will have to play off with them for the championship. This step was taken because it will shorten the tournament by one round and will simplify matters in picking the pairs for the team...
...track athletic team, the long and middle-distance runs being well represented. The long distance men will run out of doors in favorable weather and the sprinters will work on the Commons lot, the other candidates working entirely in the Gymnasium. The Gymnastic Association will decide the all-round championship of the university on February 12, a month before the exhibition at Princeton...
...Barger '98 recently won the junior court tennis championship of the Boston Athletic Association by defeating Mr. W. S. Patten in two straight sets...
...University authorities in rowing matters have done a great deal to stimulate interest in this branch of athletics by entering into the "quadrangular" arrangement with Cornell, Columbia and Pennsylvania. With four colleges competing for the championship and all representing distinct sectional interests the race is bound to attract more than usual attention. The freshman race between Harvard and Columbia will also be welcomed, especially by members of Ninety-nine. There is at present every prospect of an active season in rowing, and the united efforts of all members of the University should assure success...
...Delegates were present as follows: Pennsylvania, S. Goodman, Jr.; Haverford, J. A. Lester, J. H. Scattergood; Harvard, P. H. Clark, G. Lippincott. Officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, S. Goodman (U. of P.); vice-president, C. H. Howson (Haverford); secretary and treasurer, H. G. Gray (Harvard). The championship for last year was awarded to Haverford. Prizes for best batting and bowling averages were awarded to J. A. Lester and H. H. Brown (U. of P.) respectively...