Word: manhattan
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yorks have made arrangements for six games in April with amateur clubs. On the first with the Manhattan College nine, on the 19th and 20th with the Princeton College nine, and on the 22nd and 23rd with Yale...
Madison Square Garden has been secured for the series of races between L. E. Myers and W. G. George. The first race will take place May 1, the second May 8, and the third, should a third be necessary, May 15. Myers is training on the grounds of the Manhattan Athletic Club, while George takes his exercise on the New York Athletic Club grounds at Mott Haven. The events to be decided by Myers and George are for the middle-distance championship of the world and $2,000. They will run at 1,000 yards, three quarters of a mile...
...Manhattan College has bought the old Albany Normal School for a Catholic Seminary...
...Baird in Cyclist and Athlete says of the Manhattan A. A. games: "The most remarkable event was the running of Wells of Harvard, in the quarter. He ran the first 300 yards very slowly and finished the race in a long continued spurt which would take Myers to equal, and which would have won him the race but for an unfortunate tumble of the leaders at the finish...
...Manic of Columbia, members of the executive committee. The University of Vermont was admitted to membership. The choice of place for next annual games and the question of employing a professional starter of proved integrity and ability were referred to the executive committee. The majority, however, inclined to the Manhattan Athletic grounds in this city and May 29 the date. Messrs. Mapes and Force were appointed to attend the meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association...