Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...best and purest form of amateur sport. Yale is doing everything to make the meeting worthy of an international name; one to which the Englishmen will look back with pleasure. In this the college has had the firm support of the alumni, and there is no doubt that the event will be as brilliant from a social, as from an athletic point of view...
...best now running a very hard race. Murphy thinks that he can be depended upon to do the 300 in 31 2-5 seconds while the Cambridge men can hardly be expected to get under 32 seconds. it seems probable now that Sanford will accompany Richards in the longer event, and if he does, there will be some great running, as "Sandy" is in condition to run the race of his life. On the part of the Cambridge men, the 300 and 440 yard races will bring out Fitz Herbert, one of the bright particular stars of the visiting team...
...This event seems to be a certainty for Cambridge, as the Yale men, Woodhull and Crane, will have difficulty in getting below two minutes for the distance, while Horan has done the half in 1.56. He is bothered at present, however, with a lame ankle, which he is compelled to keep bandaged, and which may make the contest a more even one than now seems possible...
...mile furnishes as a contestant the greatest miler who has ever run in varsity colors, Luytens of Cambridge. His record is seconds better than that of Morgan of Yale, and this event also is, apparently, a sure thing for Cambridge. If Morgan can get down to 4.25 he will be running better than ever before, and Luytens has a record of 4.19.75 for the distance. Lutyens will be accompanied by H. J. Davenport, who is heavier and stronger, but not so speedy or graceful as his college mate...
...radically different from the American style of loose hurdles set up on the cinder path. Englishmen claim that it is necessary to jump higher at the English style and that the turf is not so fast as the made path. L. E. Pilkington, the Cambridge representative for the double event, is short and heavy, not unlike Shaw of the London team, in build, and is speedy for the first five hurdles, but does not seem capable of holding the burst to the finish. With him will be W. M. Fletcher, who stands over six feet, and is broad-shouldered rather...