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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...very interesting company of Athletes met in New York a day or two ago, at the request of Dr. Sargent. The men present were well-known athletes and holders of records who were to be photographed for the new work on physical development, which is being prepared by Dr. Sargent. Among those present, were William Byrd Page, holder of the world's record for the running high jump; A. F. Copeland, holder of the majority of American hurdle records; Frederick R. Westing, 100 yard champion of England, Ireland, Canada and America; Malcolm W. Ford, all-round athlete, and holder...
...varsity nine met yesterday for the second time this year, a picked nine composed of Cambridge professionals. The 'varsity showed great improvement since their last game with this nine, but there were, nevertheless, several weak points. The fielding was generally good. Willard was hardly up to his s andard on first, but at short Dean played a magnificent game, taking ten chances without an error. The base running was very poor. Only eight innings were played. Hawley pitched a very fair game, and the opposing team made but few hits off him. Appended is the score...
...Saturday, March 30, delegates from Harvard and Yale met in New York to decide where the Harvard-Yale football game shall be played next fall. Harvard was represented by Cumnock, Butler, and Lee; Yale, by Mr. Walter Camp, '80, and Rhodes, '91. It was decided to hold the game in Springfield, if proper grounds can be obtained and the necessary railroad arrangements made...
...better get into a shell at once; until then, racing and rushing only serve to develop more faults, particularly in the case of a freshman crew. Of course, this is merely an opinion, but it is founded on several years' observation and experience in my own class crew, which met with some success; that opinion has also been strengthened by talks with prominent Yale rowing men, who may be presumed to know what they were talking about...
...candidates for the Yale university tug-of-war team met last Saturday in the gymnasium. Only five men presented themselves. Watrous, L. S.; Billman, Hosmer, H. Webster and R. Morris, all of '92. The men met yesterday and began regular training...