Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Brunonian make a very excellent statement of prospects in base-ball, as follows: "Not a little uncertainty has already begun to be felt concerning the successful competitor in the inter-collegiate games, this spring. It was early the opinion that Yale would of course make herself first, but the beautiful game of the Crimsons with the Mets rather turned attention to a college a little to the northeast of New Haven. The close games that Princeton has played with first-class nines gives an intimation of a formidable opponent in the New Jersey college; and the exciting twelve-inning game...
...local pride that the Lampoon has far surpassed the Spectator in all literary features and in the character of its letter-press in general, yet it must be confessed that the latter often excels the former in the artistic merit and in the humor of its illustrations. A third competitor has now entered the field in the form of the Princeton Tiger ; and although no judgment can fairly be made from a single number, and that a first issue, it seems likely that the Tiger may prove itself sometime a rival by no means to be despised. Of course every...
...thus beating his record of the previous Saturday by 2-5 of a second. For some unknown reason he did not start in the 1/2-mile run, although entered. In the 7-mile walk, Merrill fainted on the fourth mile, leaving Raby, his only remaining competitor, to finish as he pleased, Whyatt having retired, and Webster, who holds the best amateur record at the distance, 52 min. 34 sec., having been disqualified for running. The time of the race...
...winners of the class meetings will be eligible to compete in the championship meeting, as well as any competitor in a class meeting who has equalled or bettered the record of the winner in any other class meeting; and the winner of the championship will receive a gold medal representing the championship of the University. Any winner of a class meeting, who does not win the championship, will receive a silver medal representing the championship of his class. The second man in the class events will receive a bronze medal, provided three men finish the contest...
...benefit of our jumpers, we would say, that the adoption of the National Association rules changes the manner of running broad jumping, and makes this event somewhat more difficult than under last year's rules. By the Association rules the competitor must take off behind the scratch, and the measurement will be taken from the scratch line to the first break of the ground made by any part of his person. Stepping over the line in an attempt will be "no jump," but will count as a "try." In the Intercollegiate rules the competitor was allowed to take off where...