Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...gift is a result of an event which occurred last fall during the football season. At the time of the Harvard-West Point game, the West Point management promised and paid the Harvard Football Association a guarantee of $250 to secure the game. When the association learned, however, that the West Point team was not allowed to charge admission to its games and was supported entirely by voluntary subscription the guarantee was returned. In recognition of this act, the cup was sent with the following letter...
...Pennsylvania defeated Harvard at the Mott Haven games last year, the contest should be very exciting and it will probably be fairly close, although Harvard's chances of winning seem rather better than Pennsylvania's. Both teams are stronger than usual and good records are expected in all the events. A conservative estimate gives Harvard 62 points to Pennsylvanis's 50. Harvard should win the hundred with Roche, Bigelow and Redpath, all of whom are good for 10 1-5s, as Bucholz, the best Pennsylvanian, could only win third place in this event in the Cornell-Pennsylvania games, which...
...arrangements for the Freshman debate on Friday night are now completed. The tickets are selling rapidly, and everything promises that the event will be a success. The class organizations, the crew, baseball team, football team and the glee, banjo and mandolin clubs are expected to attend in a body. Those who have not yet obtained tickets may get them at Thurston...
...invitation half mile race was expected to be the event of the day, but was somewhat of a disappointment, because all the entries were afraid to run against Hollister except Hollander of New York. Hollister set the pace from the start and Hollander ran at his heels for a lap and a half. Here Hollister increased his speed and gradually drawing ahead, won as he pleased by 40 yards. His time of 1m. 56 4-5s. breaks the Harvard record of 1m. 56 7-8s., held by Goodwin, and might easily have been faster if Hollister had been...
Putnam did the best work in the high jump and cleared 5 ft. 10 7-8 in. In the broad jump J. S. Clark, who was the most promising man in this event, sprained his ankle and will be unable to compete for some time...