Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first winter meeting of the H. A. A., which took place in the Hemenway Gymnasium Saturday, was on the whole rather dull and uninteresting. Putting the shot was the first event, and there were but two entries, J. R. Finlay '91, and S. H. Evins, L. S. Finlay's first and best put was 39 ft. 10 in., which broke the Harvard indoor record of 37 ft. 10 1-2 in. Evins' best...
...light weight sparring was by far the most interesting event on the programme. M. L. Black '91, and J. L. Dodge '91 were the only entries. Black led with left and landed. Dodge rushed and both received several blows. Dodge rushed again and led with left. Black cross-countered and drew first blood. Dodge opened second round by landing on Black's face. Both rushed and clinched; round ended with both sparring for wind. The last round was very exciting and was give and take from beginning to end. Numerous rushes were made by both men, which generally ended...
...fifth event was the fence vault in which O. W. Shead '93, G. S. Curtis '92 and A. H. Green '92, competed. They started with the bar at 6 ft. which all cleared. Curtis dropped out at 6 ft. 6 1-2 in., and Shead at 6 ft. 11 1-4 in. Green was unable to clear the bar at 7 ft. 4 3-8, thus failing to beat Shead who had a handicap of 4 in. Green was second...
...Permission is granted by certificate which specifies the sport and length of permission. The certificate will not be delivered to the persons examined until the week of the event, or of the first event of a series, and it will then be delivered only on personal application. It must be deposited immediately in the box of the committee on athletics in the entry of the gymnasium...
...annual indoor meeting at Exeter which was held last Saturday was a decided success. The high kick was won by Bishop '93, 8 ft. 7 in.; Dobson '93, second, 8 ft. 2 1-4 in. In the second event, the horizontal bar, Folsom '91, won, with Hall '94 second. Reed '93, won on the parallel bars, with Thomas '92, second. The running high jump was one of the most interesting of the events. It was very close between Sayer '93, Dobson '93, and Jones '91. Sayer finally won with a jump of 5 ft. 5 3-8 in., thus tying...