Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...next event was an exhibition on the parallel bars. The entries were R. Macallister '93 and E. E. Clarke '94. Each man had three trials and the muscular development and cleverness which both men evinced was remarkable. Indeed the contest was so close that it had to be decided by lot at which Clark...
Following on this event were the broad sword contests. The entries were R. B. Merriman '96; J. C. Hancock '95, H. F. Gillette '96, and C. N Barney M. S. The bouts were for 10 points and all cuts above the waist, as well as thrusts, were made to count. Hancock and Merriman were the first men matched. Merriman was the cleverer and won, 10 to 6. In the Gillette Barney bout the contest was closer, Barney winning. In the finals Merriman won from Barney...
...second annual indoor exhibition of the Brown University Athletic Association was held Wednesday. The program consisted of jumping, tumbling, high diving, sparring, wrestling, fencing, pyramids and work on the parallel and horizontal bars. The class contest in squid drill was won by the freshmen, the trophy being a silver...
...entries for the potato race and broad sword contest will remain open till seven o'clock tonight...
...games between Princeton and Columbia were made last Saturday. The games will be held on Columbia Athletic Field on the Saturday before the Mott Haven games. The winners will receive gold medals, the second prizes will be silver medals, and the third prizes bronze medals. The rules governing the contest and the events will be the same as in the inter-collegiate games...