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Harvard won the first games for the new cup at Berkeley oval Saturday in a very close and interesting meeting The weather was perfect and the games drew out between four and five thousand spectators. Lee broke his own and the world's record in the 220 yards hurdle race, and R. H. Davis broke the intercollegiate record in the two mile bicycle race; Downs might have broken the record in the quarter, but saved himself for the half...
...Cary of Princeton rather easily in 10 1-5 sec., with Vredenburgh of the same college second. Sherrill took the second heat in a canter in 10 1-2 sec., and Robinson of Yale won the thrid heat in 10 4-5 sec. The final heat was exceedingly close. Sherrill breasting the tape about one yard ahead of Cary in 10 1-5 sec.; Robinson of Yale was third. Vredenburgh won the trial for second men in 10 2-5 seconds...
...minute, 16 seconds, the men all bunched; in the third quarter Strong, '92, was well in the lead and flnished the mlle in 5 minutes, 13.5 seconds. Chamberlain won second place from Locke. Putting the shot was won by Ford, '91, 28 feet 6 inches. After a very close contest Newell, '90, won second place from Squire, tieing Ford's best put. Ellis, '90, ran the 220 yards dash in 25 seconds. The struggle for second place was close and exciting, but at the finish Sayre,'93, was slightly in the lead of Reed and Gates. Endicott, '90, was first...
...mile walk will be close between McIlvaine and Bardeen, although the general opinion is in favor of the latter. The low hurdles will go to Lee, with Williams second and Mapes third, although the Columbia man may beat his Yale opponent for place...
Williams and Mapes should be first and second in the high hurdles, with Fearing a close third. The high jump also belongs to Harvard, although Webster, the U. of P. man, will enter for that event contrary to report, which said that he was not training. Davis ought to win the bicycle from Clark of Yale, but it will be a very close race. Welsh of Columbia is generally expected to win the pole vault, with Crane and Ryder of Yale working for second place. The tug-of-war should go to Columbia, Yale being second and Princeton third...