Word: contesting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first annual field meeting of the Brookline Athletic Club took place on their grounds at Cypress Street, Brookline, last Saturday, and proved, on the whole, successful. The management, however, was at times inefficient. The result was that the first contest was not called until after 3 o'clock P.M., instead of 2 o'clock, as advertised, and the last three or four contests had to be run in darkness so great the contestants were totally indistinguishable one from another. Wendell, '82, won the 100-yards and the 1/4-mile run, the former of which, however, he nearly lost, through the track...
...spite of unfavorable predictions for the weather last Saturday, the annual autumn Class Races were rowed in barges; and, judging from the closeness of the contest, they may be considered very successful. There seemed to be a little confusion in the management, notably in the absence of one stake-boat, and in the tug-boat provided; but these matters were forgotten as soon as the crews got under way. The Sophomores drew the inside course, nearest Beacon Street, then came the Juniors, and on the outside were the Seniors. Owing to the absence of the stake-boat before alluded...
...three class upper-class crews which will contest next week are all seemingly well matched. The Senior crew has presumably a slight advantage over the others, and is composed of the following men: C. H. W. Foster (bow); Swan (2); Hemenway (3); Hammond (4); Otis (5); Howard (6); Freeland (7); Brandegee (stroke). All these men are identified with the rowing interests of their class, and four pulled in the University Crew last year. In weight they average nearly 170 lbs., and considering the short time that they have rowed together this autumn, they now pull in very good form...
...programme commenced with the Seniors' 100-yard dash in which Messrs. Keene and Hawes appeared, the former proving an easy winner in 11 1/4 sec., Hawes about 8 yards behind. Messre. A. L. Hall and R. N. Ellis appeared for the Seniors' mile run, which proved a most exciting contest. The men kept together until the very end, Ellis, however covering much more than his distance by running beside his man on the outside instead of leading or following him. Hall eventually reached the tape about a yard ahead in 5 min. The Sophomores' quarter-mile came next and brought...
GLOBE THEATRE. - 8 P.M.; Matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 2. "Mother and Daughter," an adaptation of the usual type of French melodrama, will be given to-night and to-morrow. The plot turns upon the contest between the mother (Miss Prescott) and her step-daughter (Miss Wainwright) for the affections of Fernand, the former lover of the mother. Louis James acts the part of Fernand very well. Next week, Tony Pastor's new Burlesque Company. May 31, Birch and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, for one week...