Word: hurdlers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hurdle races. Captain Perkins of Yale is the intercollegiate champion in both, and Yale men generally expect him to win both. Fox 2 was a close second to Perkins in the hig hurdles in the intercollegiate games last year. Hallowell 1901 and Peter, the Yale freshman hurdler, were rivals in the interscholastic games last year an should make a good fight for third place. In the low hurdles Bremer '96 holds the world's record and should make Perkins work to win. Morse '99 was second to Perkins both at New Haven and New York last year...
Most of Yale's entries are in the distance runs, where she promises to make a good showing. J. J. Peter, the old Andover champion hurdler, is her only man in the hurdles, but he is very fast indoors. S. C. Byers is one of the scratch men in the dash...
...promising man in the high hurdles, and Converse of English High is also very fast. Converse is thought to be a certain winner of the low hurdles, as he has won this event in both national and local interscholastic meets before. J. J. Peters of Andover is another good hurdler...
Stephen Chase, the world's champion high hurdler, will contribute to the May number "The History and Science of Hurdling." There will also follow by well known athletes careful studies and histories of all the sprints, distance runs, jumps and weight throwing events contained in the intercollegiate programme. Besides Chase, Hickok, Orton, Cross, Norton Shaw, Rinehart, and others, have prepared articles which will be published during the year. A. K. Moe '97 will be in charge of a special department devoted to cartoons on athletic subjects. J. E. N. Shaw '98 is among the directors...
...points being scattered among the lesser colleges than was looked for. The captain of next year's team was not elected immediately after the games, as the usual custom is, owing to the absence of the men. It is thought that the office will go to Thompson, the hurdler and jumper, or S. K. Gerard, the sprinter...