Word: fastest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...much trouble to arrange this meeting, the first of the kind in the history of our college athletics, and the field of entries is large. In the past year or two bicycling has developed to an astonishing extent at Harvard, and we can boast of several of the fastest riders in intercollegiate athletics. This afternoon the races will be close, and will be doubly interesting from the fact that our own men stand a good chance of winning a majority of the events...
...same span. The officers of the race have not yet been appointed. Each crew will have two judges, one on the referee's tug, and one at the finish. All the crews at present seem to be evenly matched. Eighty-nine has been considered for some time as the fastest crew; Ninety is showing up well altough seldom seen; Ninety-one may be said to be rowing fairly well. The freshmen will probably make a much better showing than freshman crews of recent years. The make-up of the crews with their weights will be as follows...
...Madison Square Garden last Saturday, Stead, '91, won the 440 yards dash from 15 yards mark in 54 seconds. The prize was a $150 stop watch. J. P. Lee, '91, was scratch in the 75 yards dash with 112 entries and won his first heat in the fastest time-8 1-5 seconds-of any first trial. He was also scratch in 220-yards with over fifty entries, and was third in final heat...
...terms of the race are a little peculiar as Tech. does not know who her fastest riders are. Each club will be permitted to enter as many men as it chooses, but only the first five men from each club are to count. The first man at the finish is to count ten points the second, nine points, and so on. The club getting the most points, thus computed, will win the race. There will be a trophy for the winning club in the shape of a banner worth fifteen dollars, which is to be provided by the clubs jointly...
...road race reported that it would be held November 8 on the fourteen-mile course laid out last spring. It was voted to challenge the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bicyle Club to a road race in November, the Harvard club to be represented by the five men making the fastest time in the club race. A committee, consisting of Brown, '91, Merrill, '90, Bailey, '91, was appointed to make all arrangements. It was also voted that Captain Merrill should be authorized to arrange hare and hounds runs at his own discretion, in place of the regular weekly runs. The rules...