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Dates: during 1870-1879
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JUST at present rowing in this College seems to be at a very low ebb, and it is greatly to be feared that unless immediate steps are taken to revive the interest in the sport it will die an easy death. It has been too often shown that the average...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

ATHLETICS.Manhattan Athletic Club. - A curious series of errors occurred at the sports of this club, on September 21. For a one-mile handicap walk, over a one-fifth-mile track, thirty-nine men started, and when the race was over, W. Purdy, 35 sec., was placed first, and his time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

Jarvis Field at list is handed over to the H. A. A., and it is to be hoped that no time will be lost in laying out a track there, and a fifth-mile track will probably be the size selected. This size of track has many advantages over any...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

Constitution. - We hope that the first step of the Executive Committee of the H. A. A. will be to provide a Constitution, By-Laws, etc., and a set of rules for every sport which they patronize. All these, when drawn up, submitted, and approved, should be printed in cheap form...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

BICYCLING.In view of the number of bicycles now owned in College, it would seem that some very interesting races might be arranged for this fall. If one or two men are regarded as invincible in an even-start race, a system of handicaps should be introduced to equalize the chances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

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