Word: contest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...winner of the great Oxford Cambridge boat race, has aroused in tense interest and enthusiasm among the Yale students and alumni, and has been favorably received all over the country. The fact that no Yale eight ever measured oars with their British cousins lends additional interest to the proposed contest. The only race of an international character in which Yale ever engaged was the centennial regatta, which was won by the Yale four, "Bob" Cook being captain and stroke...
...done is to send a crew over there. In reference to the race, Mr. Stevenson, president of the Yale navy, said: "Personally I am very much in favor of the proposed race. I think it would be a good thing for Yale, and it would be a contest in which the whole country would be interested. There are some difficulties in the way of such a race, but these I think, can be overcome. Of course we would not want to go across the water unless we defeated Harvard at New London in July, and any contest between our crew...
...This sum, it is expected, can be raised with little effort among the Yale alumni, and undergraduates who wish to contribute will of course be given an opportunity to do so. The race cannot take place in any event until the middle of August. The contest with Harvard occurs about the first of July, and the crew would not sail for England until a week later. After landing the men would require at least three weeks practice to get into good form and overcome the effects of the voyage. Special attention would also have to be paid to becoming thoroughly...
...broad jump contest postponed from the freshman meeting was won by R. S. Hale with a jump of 18 ft. 10 in. Mason was second...
...prevailing topic of discussion here just at present in the line of athletics is naturally the chances of the foot-ball team in the coming contest with Harvard and Princeton. The newspaper reports on the prospects of the eleven have in general reflected the sentiments of the college in regard to this question. There can be no possible doubt in the mind of anyone who has been a constant spectator at the practice games that with the material at hand only the most diligent work on the part of every member of the team will enable Yale to make...