Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Dear Sir - The subscription for the challenge chess cup has been completed and we are now having a design made for the cup. Will you kindly and without delay get the opinion of your chess club on all points of the tournament and give me a verdict of the same. The donors of the cup desire to give the same as much in conformity with the the desires of the undergraduates as possible...
Yours very truly,E. A. CASWELL.Mr. Caswell is a graduate of Yale and it is known that he has collected $400 for the cup. As yet none of the arrangements for the tournament have been settled. These Mr. Caswell and his friends will decide as soon as they have received replies from the various colleges. Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Princeton are to be represented...
Tiffany & Co. have just finished the "University Track Athletic Cup," for which Harvard and Yale are to compete during the next eight years. It is a sterling silver vase of Grecian design. It stands 16 inches high, and around the neck is the inscription, "University Track Athletic Cup." The decorations on the body represent the participants in the ancient contests for the laurel-wreath which is held aloft by the goddess of victory. The herald stands with his trumpet to his mouth and announces the winner. "Athlonika" is inscribed upon the body and there is also palm branch and seals...
...Record Book" has also been prepared. It is bound in pig skin and has on the cover "The University Track Athletic Cup." On the first page is the title and the inscription: "For the encouragement of track athletics and to foster a friendly rivalry between the students of the two universities in track and field athletics." The pages which follow contain the "deed of gift," the names of the donors, etc., and blank spaces for keeping the records of the contests...
...chess tournament between Yale and Princeton will soon take place, as the $100 required toward the cup has recently been pledged by a Princeton...