Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...handicap meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, held last Saturday in the Madison Square Garden, N. Y., was, without doubt, in all respects the most successful athletic meeting ever held in this country. Representatives from all the well-known athletic clubs, together with numerous college athletes, took part in the games, and the large number of entries-about 700-made it necessary to hold the preliminary heats in the afternoon from two to six, and the finals from eight till near midnight. A few innovations were made, as lacrosse and base-ball games were played under...
...Lincoln College (Oxford University, England) sports, the strangers' handicap at a quarter of a mile was won from scratch by Mr. F. J. K. Cross in 49 2-5 s., the quickest time on record for an Englishman at the distance. The honor of having eclipsed all others at a quarter of a mile belongs to Wendell Baker, formerly of Harvard, whose record of 47 3-4s. made at Beacon Park, Allston, in 1886, remains unbroken...
...Manhattan Athletic Club on May 18, which will include all kinds of out-door sports and on May 20th a ten-mile run will take place. These meetings will be open to all amateur athletes in the United States and Canada. The team will take part in limited handicap meetings in England, Ireland, and on the continent, and also will compete in all championship meetings held in those countries. The expenses of the team will be paid by the N. A. A. A. A. The team will sail from New York the first of June, to return about the middle...
There will be a handicap tug-of-war contest at the twelfth annual meeting of the Manhattan Athletic Club which is to be held today...
...over four hundred entries have been received, including champions in all events from England, Ireland, Canada and the United States. There are also a number of college champions among the entries. Among the most prominent athletes who are expected to take part, are as follows: In the one mile handicap run, George and Conneff; in the quartermile handicap, Banks and Estes; in the sixty-yards handicap, Weston and Copeland; in the two hundred and fifty-yards hurdle handicap, Mapes of Columbia College, and Copeland. Moffat, the well-known Canadian runner will meet Phibbs, the Irish champion in the half-mile...