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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...wild, wild West: "The girls would enjoy coasting more if Yearsley would fix a place for their feet on his sled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/9/1886 | See Source »

...races invitation races, the opposition of the faculty was removed, and the club is enabled to return to their own track, which is a great advantage. The time for the closing of entries was Tuesday evening, so that the lists given are complete; the only thing remaining being to fix the handicaps in the fourth race. The officers of the club under whose management these races have been inaugurated are: President, E. Norton, '85; captain, W. D. Smith, '84; sub captain, A. D. Claflin, 86; secretary and treasurer, F. W. White, '85. Directors, J. G. Coolidge, '84; A. T. French...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD BICYCLE CLUB. | 5/30/1884 | See Source »

EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON.-The old gymnasium which is now used as a carpenter shop, seems to be standing in the cold and waiting for somebody to fix it up. Bicyclists are sadly in need of such a place to keep their machines in, and also it is a good place for a reading-room and billiard room. There is space enough in the building to make four or five large rooms. The Pope Manufacturing Co. had last summer several agencies around the country, where they kept bicycles and tricycles to let; they also taught riding. Now, perhaps they could...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMUNICATIONS. | 3/18/1884 | See Source »

Committee CHARLES CARROLL,Committee GORDON DEXTER,Committee GEO. HIGGINSON.The N. Y. Times says of the report of Supt. Damrell on the boat-house accident :-"There is no attempt made in this report to fix the responsibility on any person or persons, but simply to state the physical causes which brought about the accident, and to show how such accidents may be avoided in the future. It was at first intended to examine at length into the question of responsibility, but after much deliberation on the part of those interested this was given up. The reasons for this abandonment were, first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 11/28/1883 | See Source »

...Clipper, in speaking of Queckberner's throw of 26 feet 5 1-2 inches with the 56 1b. hammer, which breaks the record, says: "The Executive committee of the National Association will act wisely if at their next meeting they fix a standard of weight for the ball itself, even if they do not adopt a length-limit for the handle, which latter, however, they ought to do, in order that corrects comparisons may be instituted between the performances of different athletes. It would also be advisable for the committee to adopt a rule prohibiting the use of privately-owned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING NOTES. | 11/10/1883 | See Source »

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