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Wendell Baker, W. B. Page, and A. B. Coxe are the collegiate entries for the amateur championship games on Staten Island next Saturday. The former will contest in the 100 and 220 yards dashes, and the two latter in the running high jump and throwing the hammer respectively...
...races with Columbia, but when Harvard rows Yale they are in great demand, as by them one certainly can obtain the best possible view of a race. This year, however, it is very probable that they will be in use during the freshman race, as the interest in this contest is very great. Yale especially, it is said, is wild to get this race, so as to make up in a measure for the loss of their beloved fence...
...matched as possible, and victory will come to the crew which shows the greatest pluck and endurance. The Yale freshmen are considered this year to have the best eight that has been at New Haven for years, and for this very reason they asked to be admitted into the contest. The Columbia freshmen have been at work on the Thames for three weeks. We are sure that the crew will do all in their power to add another laurel to the list of victories achieved this year by '89 over Yale. Now a word to the class. There are several...
...left to Rogers. Mr. Lathrop at once wrote to Winston saying that, although he had no power to issue a challenge as Sherrill was the person seeking satisfaction, if any challenge was sent here it would be promptly accepted, and he suggested Beacon Park as the place for the contest. To this no reply has been received. Mr. Rogers has been in constant training ever since, and has been making exceptionally good time. A gentleman met Mr. Sherrill at New Haven on Saturday last, and had a long conversation with him on the subject. He accused Winston of having compromised...
...defeat of Harvard on Saturday has made the contest for the championship unusually exciting, yet we look forward to the result with hope and confidence. The loss of the game to Yale makes the work necessary to be done in the remaining games especially careful. For the loss of a game loses us the championship. The work of our change catcher is worthy of special mention, untrained in his pitcher's delivery, he filled the trying position in which he was placed much better than one would have reasonably expected, and the college should feel gratified that the loss...