Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...police of New Haven last week broke up a party of students who had assembled to witness a rat-killing contest...
...hands of the undergraduates, they fail to give the nine that enthusiastic support which alone will induce men to train, and do not take interest enough in its success to correct any abuses which may have crept into the management, it is hardly probable that taking the contest out of their hands will cause any great wave of enthusiastic interest in the fate of the nine to sweep over the college. The secret of our success in those branches of athletics where we have been successful-base-ball and foot-ball-is that here everything is in the hands...
...first event called was the middleweight sparring between Mr. Bangs, L. S. S., and Mr. Gormley. Mr. Bangs has hitherto been known only as a successful wrestler. He was lighter than his opponent but sparred pluckily and well. Gormley won after a close contest...
...running high jump was chiefly a contest between C. H. Atkinson, '85, and M. W. Ford, of the N. Y. A. C. Both have the same record, 5 feet 8 1-2 inches. Twice Atkinson failed at 5 feet 6 1-4 inches, but succeeded the third time. He then jumped 5 feet 7 1-4 inches, at which height Ford failed...
...excel in athletic sports. The faculty for organization, executive power, the qualities which enable men to control and lead other men, and again those other qualities by which men yield faithful obedience to recognized authority, are all called into action in every boat race, in every ball contest, and through all the preliminary training. In athletics the college world is a little republic of young men with authority for government delegated to presidents, captains, and commodores, and loyally supported by the resources and bodies of the governed. Is the system not worth something as a means of preparation...