Word: handicaps
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...even greater interest than has been the case in the past. The college clubs are as a rule far better than those of last year, and all are determined to make a hard fight for the lead. The rules of our faculty necessarily do much to handicap the nine, and the lateness of the season is another drawback. In spite of these disadvantages we feel sure that our club will make a good showing, and hope that the students will do their share by encouraging the nine by their presence at the opening game this afternoon...
Open to Harvard men only, one mile handicap...
Open to all amateurs, one mile, three miles (handicap), five miles, one mile, tricycle (in heats...
...mile, open to all. 4. Three-mile State championship. 5. One half-mile run and ride. 6. Five-mile, open to all. 7. One-mile club race, open to all with record of 3.20 or over. 8. Three-mile race (for Yale and Harvard only). 9. Ten-mile handicap. 10. One-mile consolation...
...mile run was a handicap race. Seven men started; three, scratch; one, 75 yards; three, 100 yards. Among those on the scratch was E. H. Thompson, '87. The race was not very exciting. Thompson, who ran steadily, constantly gained on the men who had a start given them, and won the race handsomely in 4 minutes 46 7-8 seconds. Mr. Thompson ought to make a much lower record on a good track with rounded corners and some one to press...