Word: manhattans
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Easter trip of the Yale and Princeton nines was largely spoiled by bad weather. The Yale team beat the Manhattan Athletic Club in New York, Wednesday, by a score of 15 to 0, in a tolerably well played game. In spite of the indications of the score, Yale's batting was extremely weak. On Saturday Yale beat the New Havens 6 to 1 in a well played game. Neither of the games with the Philadelphias were played. Bad weather prevented Princeton also from playing at Philadelphia. On Friday Princeton beat Williams 7 to 2 in a game in which Young...
Wednesday, April 1, with the Manhattan Athletic Club, at New York...
Considering the comparatively small number of Harvard men who entered for the games of the Manhattan Athletic Club at Madison Square Garden last Saturday evening, the winning of two first prizes, one second and one third by Harvard men is more than creditable. It was in the 70-yard handicap run that fortune was especially kind to Harvard. Ninety contestants entered for this race, which was run in fourteen heats; but S. V. R. Thayer, H. A. A. and B. A. A., distinguished himself by winning all his heats and the race. He had a handicap of eight feet...
...Princeton Gun Club, which has begun practice, and has already arranged matches with Lawrenceville, Manhattan and Rutgers...
Most of the entries for the Manhattan Athletic Club games are from the large colleges, and as the handicap limit has been set low, the entries are all of a high grade. Most of the men entered from Harvard are in the 70 yards dash. S. V. R. Thayer has 8 feet handicap, A. H. Green 3 feet, J. Hale, Jr., 6 feet, and O. K. Hawes 5 feet. Roddy of Princeton will be the scratch...