Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Roxbury Latin School will hold its annual indoor games on February 22 at 2 p. m., in the gymnasium of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As usual, there will be several open events, 20 yards dash, running high jump, pole vault, putting 16 lb. shot, and potato race. The 20 yards dash and potato race will be scratch, all others handicap. Entries will close tomorrow evening. They may be made with Mr. Lathrop. The fee is 25 cents for each event...
...were those of M. F. Sweeney, X. A. C., in the high jump, and Bernard Doherty, D. A. C., in the three standing jumps. Sweeney broke his own in-door record by clearing 6 ft. 3 3-8 in., and Doherty established a new world's record in his event...
...last event decided was the potato race. The event lacked in interest from the fact that only a very few could tell who was winning. E. H. Clark '96 won second place...
...first team race at Harvard was in the spring of 1892 between the four classes. Ninety-two won the event with ease. The next fall there was again a class team race, and this time '93 won by a pretty spurt in which Hubbel passed Corbin of the graduate team...
...Harvard men in this race averaged 51 2-5 sec., and the time for the mile, 3 min. 25 2-5 sec., established a record for the event. If the men had been drawn out it is probable that this time would have been bettered by at least 1 1-2 sec., as Sayer, alone, ran a full second under his time of the Saturday before...