Word: inch
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...floor, with Columbia slightly in the advantage. For an instant the red ribbon at the middle of the rope failed to budge, and then it just peered out of the snap on the Columbia side. At the end of the first minute Columbia had just about half an inch, and, although the City of New York's boys pulled sturdily, and their friends shouted for them unremittingly, the fifth minute ended with the Columbias 11 inches to the better...
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.Clark, '87, scratch; Sturgis, '90, 8 inches; Codman, '90, 9 inches; Paul, '88, 10 inches; Lothrop, '90, 10 inches; Alexander, '90, 12 inches. This event was won by Alexander with an actual jump of 4 feet 9 1-2 inches, with Sturgis second, with a jump of 5 feet 1-4 inch. Clark failed to jump more than 5 feet 6 1 4 inches...
RUNNING BROAD JUMP.Wheelwright, '90, 6 inches; Perry, '89, 6 inches; Lothrop, '90, 12 inches. The event was won by Perry with an actual jump of 19 feet 1-4 inch. Wheelwright was second with a jump of 18 feet 6 1-4 inches...
...fall meeting of the Yale Athletic Association Wednesday, Sherman, '89, broke the Yale pole-vault record by half an inch, clearing 10 ft., 114 inches. Sherrill ran the 220 yards dash in 23 1-2 seconds...
...sale. - A 52 inch Columbia Bicycle which the owner has ridden three seasons. Very Cheap. Apply at 38 Holyoke House...