Word: contest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Columbia and Yale each won a heat in the tug-of-war at the 23rd Regiment games in New York, and as Yale then withdrew, the contest was given to Columbia...
...been proposed to have an international foot-ball contest between England and America, and have the English eleven, which is now on its way to Australia, come to New York, and play the winning team in the Yale, Harvard and Princeton League...
...Amateur Athletic Union will hold its first annual championship boxing, fencing and wrestling contest on Friday, April 6th, in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The classes will be arranged according to the weights of the contestants, and the winners of the finals in the various bouts will be given handsome gold medals. Only members of athletic organizations of acknowledged good standing will be allowed to compete, and precaution will be taken to exclude all doubtful amateurs. The entrance fee will be two dollars. All intending to compete must notify Otto Ruhl, No, 104 West 55th street, New York, before...
There has been considerable comment and much ill-feeling manifested in regard to the inexcusable delay in presenting the prizes won in the various athletic contests. There is certainly no reason why the persons on whom devolves the duty of providing these cups should not have them ready at least within a reasonably short period after the contest in which they were won. Instances of the failure in question are numerous; the following may be cited: The cups for the H. A. A. fall meetings were not out until six weeks had elapsed since the event, while the cups...
...annual boat race between Cambridge and Oxford takes place next Saturday, the 24th of March. It is thought that the contest will be a close one. Cambridge has a finer set of men and her crew is working very hard. But the Oxford crew row in better form than their rivals, and will have an advantage if the race is in a high wind. Their stroke is more effective in rough water than that of the Cambridge...