Word: contesting
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...gymnasium contest at Yale, the other evening, the freshman tug-of-war team defeated a picked team by two inches...
Owing to the lack of interest in the weekly competitions, as shown by the small number of entries, the H. A. A. have decided to discontinue the series. At the last contest there were only two contestants in the high jump, two in the shot, and three in the pole vault. The result of the series is as follows: S. R. Bell, '91, won the prize for the best average in the high jump. His best jump was 5 ft. 5 in. R. S. Hale, '91, was second with a best jump of 5 ft. 4 in. H. H. Hunnewell...
...meeting on Feb. 21st, of the Nautilus Boat Club in Brooklyn, a tug-of-war contest for the championship of America will be held. Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Twenty-third Regiment, Crescents of Lynn and Nassaus will enter teams.- Yale News...
...pull again this year. Either Amory or Sturgis will be anchor. Ninety-one is evidently making the best of its opportunities. The candidates, eleven in number, have been working with considerable perseverance every day, and from the present outlook the freshman team will not be the last in the contest. The names of the men who are trying are: Baker, Clarke, DeNormandie, Garceau, Lawrence, Mason, McClellen, Nichols and Peckham for rope; Higgins and Tallant for anchor. The eighty-eight team will probably represent the 'Varsity at Mott Haven...
...contest will be held in the gymnasium this evening. The prizes will be awarded on the basis of the contests already held. The award will be announced to-morrow...