Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...some impromtu races yesterday Holt, '86, won the half-mile run. Wells, '86, giving his opponents 20 yards, won the quarter in fast time...
BASE-BALL.The nine practiced daily, playing several games with picked nines. As a whole the weather was not good for practice. The game on Fast Day, which was with Dr. Pope's nine, was the most important game of the recess, but even that was not very exciting, and on account of the chill atmosphere the playing was rather poor. Following is the score...
...Fast Day the "Harvard Juniors" played the "Eagles" in Cambridge, and were defeated by a score...
Columbia enters a strong team. Safford, '86, won the hurdle race in 1883 and 1884, and has a record of 17 2.5 seconds. Mapes of the Law School has made good time in the 100 and 220 yards dash, and is a good jumper. Ware is very fast in the mile walk, having a record of 7 minutes, 19 seconds. Renton, '87, is one of the best bicyclers in American colleges, and has made very fast time. Stevens, '87, stands a good chance in the pole vault, having a record of 9 feet, 6 inches...
...starting. Steady training and good coaching may improve him in this respect, and he stands a reasonably good chance of doing himself credit in the inter-collegiate contests. C. F. Odell, '86, is the mainstay of Yale's hopes in the 220 yards dash. Odell has always been a fast sprinter since his extrance to college, three and a half years ago, but he seems to have got his time just so low, and now can't lower it. If he wants to win at the games he must get to lee' ard of 23 1-5 seconds, in which...