Word: events
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Rowing Club has completed its arrangements with the Union Boat Club and the B. A. A. for a regatta for fouroars, double and single sculls on June 3rd. Each club has reserved the right to enter more than one boat in each event. That the Harvard Rowing Club respresenta-tives may be efficiently trained, the crew has secured the services of Mr. D. G. Murphy as professional coach for the rest of the year. Mr. Murphy, who will be at the boat-house every afternoon, has been the trainer of the Crescent Boat Club and western clubs, besides being...
SOMETIME ago a communication appeared in the CRIMSON asking if some action could not be taken to prevent the usual delay in starting the class races. There are but a few days left before the event takes place, and if anything is to be done in the matter it ought to be very soon. In other years, each crew has striven to be the last to leave the boat-house in order that the wait at the starting point might be as short as possible. Obviously it is an advantage to have the suspense and worry before the race reduced...
...last event, the pole vault, was won by T. E. Sherwin '94, who cleared the bar at 10 ft. 3 in. Wheelwright second at 10 ft. and Putnam third...
...games commenced with the 120 yd. hurdle, the only event in which a record was broken. The results were, first heat, 1st G. D. Whitehead '96, 2nd, K. Brown '93. Time 17 2-5 sec. Second heat, 1st. O. W. Shead '93, 2nd, V. Munroe '96. Time 17 1-5 sec. In the finals Shead won over Brown by ten yards in 16 1-2 sec., breaking his former Harvard record of 16 3-5 seconds...
...mile bicycle race, the third event, resulted 1st F. S. Pratt '94, 2nd, P. W. Davis '93, 3rd, C. N. Holmes '96. Time 5 min. 59 3-5 sec. In the last lap Pratt ran off on the grass for about seventy-five yards but nevertheless came in a strong first...