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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spring handicap games of the Manhattan Athletic Club are to be held May 10 at the Club's grounds. The following events are open to all amateurs: 125, 220, 500 and 1000 yard runs; 2 mile run, 1 1-2 mile walk; 222 yards hurdle, (2ft. 6in.); running broad and high jumps; and putting 20 pound shot The first prize in each event is a gold watch, the second a silver watch and the third a silver medal. Entries close May 3 with S. J. Cornell, 524 Fifth Avenue, New York...
...grounds of the Princeton Athletic Association are to be opened on May 24 with an open handicap meeting. The following events are handicap: 100, 220, 440 and 880 yards races and a one mile run; throwing the 16 pound hammer; putting the 16 pound shot; running long jump, and pole vault. The handicapping will be done by E. C. Carter. Besides these events there will be a tug of war, the teams to weigh only 600 pounds; no handicap. The entrance fees of fifty cents for each man in each event should be sent before...
Many of the men named have entered for more than one event. Of the above the following have already been selected as members of the team and have gone to the training table...
...prizes in the class meeting must compete in some event-not necessarily the same event-in the university meeting in order to receive their prizes. The entries for the university meeting next Saturday close this evening...
...field events nearly all took place at the same time with the track contests, and were as follows: Throwing the hammer, two contests, won by H. R. Allen, '92, with a throw of 89 feet, and by H. S. Evans, '93, distance 83 feet, 4 inches. The three contests in the running high jump were won by J. P. Lee, '91, with a jump of 5 feet, 3 1-2 inches; A. H. Green, '92, who cleared 5 feet. 5 1 2 inches, and G. R. Fearing, '93. Fearing's competitor dropped out in the beginning of the contest...