Word: cups
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were broken. The events and winners were: Throwing the hammer, won by J. M. Fiske. Distance 78 ft. 10 in.; second, J. McFerridy, 73 ft. 10 in.; third, J. S. Black, 72 feet 11 1-2 inches-all breaking the record. Senior half-mile run for the Gardiner challenge cup, won by M. K. Quordon; time 2.14 4-5. Senior running high jump, won by H. W. Thornton, 5 ft. 1-4 inch. Junior 100 yards' dash, won by Swane, jr.; time, 10.3-5, breaking the record. Standing broad jump, won by H. S. Lyman...
...Putting the 16-pound shot-J. S. Black, 32 feet 8 1-2 inches; second, J. McK. Ferriday, 31 feet 8 inches. Senior quarter-mile run for the Potter challenge medal-J. McD. Garfield, 0.55 2-5: second, W. P. Niles, 0.57. One-mile walk for the Evarts challenge cup-H. W. Thornton, 7.50; second, L. R. Parker, 7.53. Junior half-mile run-L. Bacon, 2.19 1-5; second, A. Garfield, 2.19 1-2. Throwing the base-ball-W. B. Dinsmore, jr., 328 feet 2 1-2 inches; second, E. H. Floyd-Jones, 322 feet. Junior 220-yards' dash...
...scheme of offering a perpetual challenge cup to a foot-ball league composed of the schools in Boston and its neighborhood is being carried out, and about $200 have been subscribed to purchase the cup. The league will probably include the following schools: Hopkinson's, Nichols', Noble's and Hale's private schools, the English High and Boston Latin, Chauncy Hall, Roxbury Latin, Adams Academy, Dorchester High School, St. Mark's School at Southboro, Newton High School and possibly Groton. The league will be under the supervision of a member of the Harvard 'varsity eleven, one or more teachers from...
...Mott Haven cup has been won by Princeton once and by Yale once; by Columbia three years in succession; by Harvard eight times, seven years in succession between...
...glad to print the welcome news that Harvard has again won the Mott Haven Cup. The victory that Harvard's representation won was a glorious one, and the thanks of the college are theirs. Faithful training and practice have brought back our University to her rightful place in track athletics. The cup was already ours and so the desire of winning it was not an incentive to hard work; the Mott Haven team has worked to win victory for victory's sake alone. The warmest praise of the college is due to the members of the team, and also...