Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following are the principal records made at the spring tournament at Exeter on Saturday: One hundred yards dash, Macpherran, '87, 11s; one mile walk, Murphy, '87, 9m. 5s.; throwing base ball, Kelly, '85, 358ft. 6 in; 220 yards dash, Macpherran, '87, 25s; putting shot, 16lbs., Cook, '85, 31 1 2ft; throwing hammer, 16lbs., Cook, '85, 69ft. 10 1-2 in.; standing broad jump, Cook, '85, 9ft. 3in.; running high jump, Mear, '86, 4ft. 7in.; running broad jump, Macpherran, '87, 14ft. 9in.; one mile run, Harding...
...inadvisable to hold the sports on another atternoon this week, they should begin the meeting as soon as possible after 1 o'clock on Saturday, and "lump" some of the events, so that several of the more tedious exhibitions, (as throwing the hammer, putting the shot, the mile races, and c.) come together. If the events are started promptly, and consolidated in this way, the field could be left clear by 4 P.M. Those wishing to buy tickets for both the sports and the game, could do so at the beginning by an easily made arrangement between...
...Yale athletic spring games were held on Wednesday, and resulted as follows: C. F. Odell, '86, won the 100 yards dash in 11 1-5 seconds. H. L. Mitchell, '85, S., won the one-half mile run in 2.08 4-5. A. B. Coxe, '87, threw the hammer 88 feet 9 inches, and won. L. W. Bond, '86, S., took the mile run in 4.48 1 2. J. H. Briggs, '85, put the shot 35 feet 8 1-2 inches. J. D. Ferris, '85, won the 1-4 mile run in 57 1-2 seconds; N. M. Goodlett...
Strong '85, is now training for the quarter and half mile runs...
...high degree. Fancy the college yard of Yale, Harvard or Amherst enlarged to the size of Boston Common and the Public Garden, and place the 'campus' upon the steep slope of Holyoke or Mount Tom, intersect the region below with gorges and water-falls at every half-mile, and let these empty a perpetually cascading stream into Long Island Sound, and you will have some notion of the natural beauties and difficulties of Ithaca...