Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...trust that the fair visitors who attend the meeting of the Athletic Association this afternoon may be spared such a scene of confusion as seems to be an invariable accompaniment to the tug-of-war contests. Last Saturday trouble was experienced in keeping the men from crowding on the floor, and it was necessary to barricade the space reserved for the teams by benches to keep it free for them Men ought to be especially careful that no crowding or pushing goes on today on the floor, for not only does it make a tedious and disagreeable delay...
...Faulkner, '86, has returned to college. He will probably be unable to contest the horizontal bar event at the coming games...
...freshwoman who wore the back hair for which the battle was to be fought, was placed in the centre of a compact mass of her classmates, who were resolved to defend her at all hazards. The sophomores, confident of an easy victory, had made few preparations for the contest, except that of putting on their oldest clothes, and they were guilty of the extreme folly of wearing their own back hair, a mistake which, as the event proved, was destined to make the struggle a fruitless...
...very evident at the first meeting of the athletic association this year on Saturday last that the number of entries was very small, and, although the contests were interesting, that the meeting was not as successful as those in former years/ Three, out of the ten events, were walk-overs, and prizes were awarded in them without any contest whatever. It almost goes without saying that on the number of entries, for the great part, depends the success of the meetings. In view of this it seems strange that more men have not entered and done their share towards making...
...amount of enthusiasm. The competition for it will be very close, and it is entirely a matter of speculation as to which class will receive it. It is certainly an honor worth working for and ought to stimulate each class to see that it is well represented in each contest, so that it may have a fair chance of securing it. Such a prize should go to the class that really deserves it, and any such class will have only themselves to thank if it falls into the hands of another...