Word: lee
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...final heat of the 220-yard dash, the two winners again started side by side. For the first third of the race Mr. Lee held the lead. Then Mr. Wendell passed him with a fine spurt, and at that moment something happened to one of Mr. Lee's legs which rendered it necessary for him to drop out of the race and leave it to his adversary, in a manner somewhat similar to that in which the previous dash had been left...
...short, those people who went to the sports in the hope of seeing Mr. Lee and Mr. Wendell run against each other, were disappointed, for, in point of fact, these gentlemen did not run against each other...
...purpose to comment upon these facts, - the remarkable betting, the remarkable foul, and the remarkable accident to Mr. Lee. But, in view of these facts, it seems to me that an inquiry, which I request you to put before your College, is pertinent. Is it altogether consistent with the dignity of Harvard University to expose her athletic men to such experiences as those at Mott Haven? In other words, Are not intercollegiate athletics as inconsistent with the spirit and policy of Harvard as intercollegiate regattas or intercollegiate declamation...
...fourth annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association took place at Mott Haven, Friday, May 9, and proved a marked success. Mr. Twombley fulfilled the duties of President, while Mr. Curtis acted as Referee, and Mr. Johnson as Starter. Harvard entered E. J. Wendell for the 100-yard race. Lee, University of Pennsylvania, won the first heat in 11 1/8 seconds, and Wendell the second in 10 4/5 seconds, Loney, Princeton, having a walk-over for the third heat. In the final heat, Lee was successful in 10 4/5 seconds, Randolph of Rutgers getting the second place, through Wendell...
...Lee had a walk-over in the first heat of the 220-yard. Wendell won his heat easily in 25 seconds, and also the final heat in 24 2/5 seconds. Lawson of Columbia won the first heat in the 120-yard hurdle-race in 20 seconds, Cowdin of Harvard winning the second in 19 3/4 seconds, and the final heat easily in 19 2/5 seconds. The other sports worthy of mention were: Throwing the hammer, won by Larkin of Princeton by a throw of 87 feet 1 inch; the running high jump, won by Conover of Columbia by a jump...