Word: manhattans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...majority of the classes have met and organized. The Athletic Association has commenced work, and the fall games will be held on the Manhattan Athletic Grounds next Saturday, when we may look for a "busting of records." In this instance the "busting" will probably be at the wrong end, as the number of our athletes is not astonishingly large, and what few we have are for the most part astonishingly slow. The mile-walk will probably be the most interesting event of the day, owing to the variety of gaits which will be displayed. One freshman avows his intention...
...recent games of the Manhattan Athletic Club in New York, L. E. Myers participated, but he won no prize except in the consolation race, being so heavily handicapped as to render it almost an impossibility for him to beat the other contestants. Myers was entered for a 440 yards' run, handicap, and he was the only man who toed the scratch, the competitor that stood nearest to him having a start of 25 yards, and the one furthest from him having a start of 60 yards. There were 11 entries, and when the signal go was given Myers started like...
Princeton defeated the Manhattan College nine last Saturday by a score...
...Princeton cricket club defeated the Manhattan club at Princeton, N. J., Saturday, by a score of 149 to 57, in one inning...
...final tug-of-war between the teams from Columbia College and the College of the City of New York, which should have taken place at the inter-collegiate games on Saturday last, but was postponed, was contested Tuesday morning at the grounds of the Manhattan Athletic Club. The Columbia team consisted of Oscar Bodelson, 129 1/4 pounds; John Banks, 152 3/4 pounds; F. L. Henry, 169 1/2 pounds, and W. F. Morgan, 143 1/2 pounds; total weight, 594 1/4 pounds; limit, 600 pounds. The College of the City of New York men were F. Pfeiffer, 138 pounds; R. Cronson...