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Next came the mile-walk. Three out of six men entered, appearing at the scratch. The walking was not very good, and R. H. Sayre, '81 (Columbia), beat Herrick, '82 (Harvard...
...Seniors' mile run, which proved a most exciting contest. The men kept together until the very end, Ellis, however covering much more than his distance by running beside his man on the outside instead of leading or following him. Hall eventually reached the tape about a yard ahead in 5 min. The Sophomores' quarter-mile came next and brought out Messrs. Allen and Wendell, the latter taking the lead at first and keeping it throughout and finishing easily in 5 3/4 sec., Allen ran very pluckily, however, and finished a good second. The Sophomore mile-walk found a winner...
Sayre of Columbia won the mile-walk very easily, in 7 minutes 49 seconds, Emmerich of Lehigh College second, in 7 minutes 56 seconds, and Huidekoper of Harvard third, in 7 minutes 56 1/5 seconds. In this contest, Emmerich's walk was so manifestly unfair from start to finish that it should have been ruled out at an early stage of the race. Huidekoper walked extremely well, and has had very hard luck in being ruled out at the Columbia Sports for running, and in losing the second prize in the Intercollegiate Sports; since to the incompetency of Mr. Bauermeyer...
Other events were: Standing high jump, Larkin, Princeton, 4 feet 6 3/4 inches; graduate mile-walk, E. J. McIlvane, University of Pennsylvania, 8 minutes 50 4/5 seconds; graduate 100-yard dash, W. Waller, Columbia, 11 1/5 seconds; half-mile run, C. H. Cogswell, Dartmouth, 2 minutes 12 seconds; two-mile walk, R. H. Sayre, Columbia, 16 minutes 49 2/5 seconds; pole aulting, J. B. Waller, Princeton, and F. H. Lee, Columbia, tied at 9 feet...
Yonkers. - The Yonkers (N. Y.) Lyceum held its games on June 7: broad jump, A. McNichol, 19 ft. 4 in.; 100-yards school-boys' race, J. F. Jenkins, 11 1/4 sec.; mile-walk handicap, H. B. Starr, (65 sec.) 8 min. 9 1/4 sec.; 100-yards, M. McFall, 10 1/2 sec.; mile-walk, F. J. Mott, 6 min. 57 1/2 sec.; quarter-mile, C. H. Rowlands, 56 1/4 sec.; two-mile walk, Armstrong...