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...RUNNING HIGH-JUMP...
...bout. The style of both men was excellent, and had Mr. Burr only been himself, it would have been a most interesting contest. Messrs. R. Sturgis, '81, the Captain of the Lacrosse Team, and G. B. Morison, '83, the Captain of the Freshman Football Team, contended in the Running High-Jump. The bar was gradually raised from 4 ft. 6 in. to 5 ft. 2 in., without a failure to clear it; but at this height Mr. Sturgis failed, and the cup was given to Mr. Morison, who cleared it very gracefully at his second attempt. This is Mr. Morison...
...American Amateur championships were held at New York, Oct. 12, on the N. Y. A. C. grounds. The weather was cold and raw, and the wind high. The 200-yards was won by W. C. Wilmer in 10 sec, the best American amateur time on record. The half-mile was won by E. Merritt, in 2 min. 5 1/4 sec.; best time, 2 min. 2 4/5 sec., by same man. Running high-jump, H E. Ficken, 5 ft. 5 in. Best record, 5 ft. 6 1/2 in., by J. P. Conover. Putting shot, H. E. Buermeyer...
...mile-walk, L. Webster, 8 min. 46 sec.; running broad-jump, R. M. Campbell, 20 ft. 11 in.; half-mile run, F. G. Russell, 2 min. 33 sec.; three-legged race, Wilcox and Camp-bell, 16 1/4 sec.; quarter-mile run, E. D. Appleton, 58 sec.; running high-jump, F. G. Russell, 5 ft.; three-mile walk, L. Webster, 36 min.; 100-yard hurdle-race, F. D. Wilcox, 18 sec.; standing long-jump, R. M. Nelson, 9 ft. 5 in.; mile-run, R. M. Nelson, 5 min. 57 sec.; 100-yards sack-race, R. M. Campbell, 20 sec.; pole-vaulting...
...think, although we have not the records at hand just now, that it is very nearly the best amateur time ever made. Mr. Livingston also won the quarter-mile in 54 3/1 sec. O. D. Thompson, '79, and J. Jewett, S. S., '79, were tied in the running high-jump at 5 ft. 2 in. Dorshimer, '78, won the mile-walk in 8 min. 38 sec. J. Jewett, '79, won the mile...