Word: lee
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...events in the recent Intercollegiate Athletic Sports at Mott Haven which excited the most general interest were perhaps the dashes in which Mr. Lee, of the University of Pennsylvania, was matched with Mr. Evert Wendell of Harvard. Mr. Lee, I believe, was the amateur, or at all events the college, champion of America in short-distance running. Mr. Wendell's record was very unusual. It is said that in his practice runs he had done his distances in shorter time than any on record, and in the Athletic Sports which were held in Gilmore's Garden toward...
...yard dash at Mott Haven, Mr. Lee and Mr. Wendell easily won trial-heats in which they were matched against runners of less distinguished powers. In the 220-yard dash the result of the trial-heats was the same. In the final heat of the 100-yard dash the two winners were matched against each other. Two or three other men entered this heat. The pistol was fired, and the men on either side of Mr. Wendell rushed together in such a way as to render it impossible for him to exert his powers. To use an expressive metaphor...
...South Association met yesterday, and elected the following officers: President, Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard College; Secretary, Dr Samuel A. Green; Treasurer, Colonel Henry Lee...
...LEE, '79, will pull No. 2 on the Senior Crew in place of J. Swift...
...GEORGE LEE, the Newark amateur who so nearly won at Henley last year, has become a professional oarsman, and has made his first match with J. A. Kennedy of Portland...