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...will be admitted to the grounds except by invitation. Special trains and boats will reach the grounds before the games. All the events are scratch; gold medals will be given to firsts, silver to seconds and bronze to thirds. Entrance fee one dollar per man for each event. Entries close Saturday, May 31. The events will be as follows: runs; 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, 600 yards, 880 yards, mile; hurdle races, 120 yards and 220 yards; weight putting, 16 lb. shot and 16 lb. hammer; running high and running broad jumps; pole vault and obstacle race...
...Shooting Club at Allston, at 4 p. m. The grounds are fifteen minutes' walk from Harvard Square across the Boylston street bridge. A car leaves Harvard Square at half-past every hour, which goes right by the grounds and takes about five minutes. The match will probably be very close. '90 and '91 are the favorites, but the freshmen can turn out a very strong team. The teams will consist of four men each and will be composed as follows...
...members of the H. A. A. the college may feel confident of winning one event in which Columbia hoped for first place, and possibly one which Princeton expects to win. On the other hand Yale has strengthened her hold on several events. The intercollegiate games, therefore, will be unusually close, and will probably be decided by the scores from second and third prize. The H. A. A. must not forget this, nor depend too much upon their champions. If they keep in mind the responsibility which rests upon the less prominent athletes, they may hope to add another and crowning...
...FLAG craze sweeping over the country is just at its height in New England. The greatest part of the flags come from G. W. Simmons and Co., Oak Hall, Boston, and any one who wants PARTICULARS about these goods should send for FLAG CIRCULAR. Memorial Day is close at hand...
...race is one mile, and the hammer only twelve pounds in weight. Throwing the base ball is also an event. Since 1886 the year in which the Association was founded, Hopkinson's has won once, Roxbury Latin twice, and Worcester won last year. This year the contest will be close, with the chances slightly in favor of Roxbury Latin. The association was organized in 1889 by graduates of the various schools, chiefly Harvard...