Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Although the idea of relay races is probably a very old one, it is only within the past few years that the event has attained any prominence in our athletics. Exeter students claim to have been the first to have revived the custom. The popular features of the sport soon attracted the attention of athletic organizations,- notably the B. A. A.,- and the result was an immediate interest in it among the schools and clubs about Boston...
...shot; Sheldon, second in broad jump at Cambridge and New York; Rice, tied for third in the pole vault at Cambridge and New York; Hart, third in high hurdles and tied for third in pole vault at Cambridge; Stillman, second in hammer at Cambridge; Cross, third in same event; D. B. Lyman, Jr., third in shot at Cambridge; and Brown, third in shot at New York...
...willingness to enter a class under Mr. Lathrop. If they all train there will be more competition than there has been at any time since the present seniors were freshmen. The shot putting is liable to be not very good, for nobody has as yet begun practice for that event, and most of the old men have left college...
...definite plans will be made until after the examinations, though the committee would be glad to have entries in any event. As provisions are made for having an unusually interesting meeting March 17, special pains will be taken to make ladies' day by no means inferior. There will be an effort to introduce some new feature...
...could easily be made a financial success. The interest in any contest between the two institutions has of late grown so intense that even a field day in which they strove for glory would be attended by many enthusiastic supporters of both colleges. The financial success of such an event could be further assured by the number of supporters of both institutions who are in Philadelphia...