Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Royal Phelps Carroll cup, for single sculling, which has been lost for over ten years, is now known to be in the possession of Finlay '91, who won it last. Sixteen years ago the cup was given by Royal Phelps Carroll and J. E. Thayer, both members of the class of '85, under the following conditions: "It shall be a perpetual challenge cup, to be held one year and to be open to all members of the University. In the event of the holder's leaving College, the cup shall be returned to the boat club...
...cup was won by J. B. Fletcher '87; in '86 by J. W. Wood '88; in '87 it was again won by J. B. Fletcher. It does not seem to have been rowed for in '88, but in '89 Finlay '91 was the winner. This is the last race recorded...
...fourth annual intercollegiate tournament begins today on the links of the Garden City Golf Club. In the previous tournaments Yale has won the cup twice and Harvard once. Should Yale win it again this year it will become her permanent property. Princeton, Harvard, and Yale, and possibly Columbia and Pennsylvania will send teams of six men each to compete in match play for for the college championship...
Arrangements for the control of the Rice trophy for international chess contests have recently been completed. By the terms of the gift a board of trustees, to control the cup, is to be elected biennially in October, from the alumni of each of the six universities concerned. The American universities, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton and Yale, are each to have one representative, elected by the several chess clubs. Oxford and Cambridge will each have two representatives. E. E. Southard 3M. has already been elected the trustee from Harvard. This board will receive the trophy and will determine where it shall...
...further provided that if none of the universities already mentioned challenge the holder of the cup before Nov. 1 of any year, any other university may challenge. On the other hand, if the university that is challenged refuses to play, or fails to reply before Dec. 1, any other university chess club in that country may accept the challenge. After Dec. 15, however, a club may not be required to defend the cup for that year...