Word: handicapped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...September 15, at the Polo Grounds, New York, Myers, in a handicap match with H. Hawes of the Olympic Athletic Club, San Francisco, covered the 220-yards in 22 1/2 sec., thus lowering the best previous American amateur record (his own) by 1/4 of a second...
...York and Manhattan Athletic Clubs, on September 17, at Mott Haven, when Myers ran 300 yards in 31 1/2 sec., beating the previous best record for the distance (held by R. S. Haley of San Francisco) by 1 1/8 sec. Merrill finished third in the 2-mile handicap walk, his time for the distance being...
...Games on Monday last at Mott Haven, Mr. E. J. Wendell, '82, won the 120-yards scratch race in 12 3-5 sec., easily beating L. A. Stuart of the Knickerbocker A. C. Mr. T. J. Coolidge, '84 (8 yds. start), took second in the half-mile run handicap. The race was won by Montgomery (70 yds. start), of the Manhattan A. C. in 2 min. 2-5 sec., Coolidge finishing 12 yards behind...
...hope that the omission may not recur. During our long silence the most prominent athletic meeting which has been held was that of the Manhattan Athletic Club on Thanksgiving Day, in which connection we cannot pass over the wonderful running of Myers, the champion in the 100-yards handicap, without comment. Starting from scratch, on a track covered with snow, he finished only two inches behind J. B. White, Manhattan Athletic Club (4 yds.), the time taken by the slowest of the three watches held by an amateur being 10 seconds. The other two watches, held by two well-known...
...Haley, Oakland (Cal.) Athletic Club, in a 1/4-mile handicap on November 20 last, broke the best amateur records at 300 yds. and 350 yds., making the distance in 32 5/8 seconds and 38 1/4 seconds respectively, the previous best records being 34 1/5 and 39 seconds, each held by Myers...