Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...games at Yale, on Saturday, Brooks beat the inter-collegiate record in the quarter-mile run, his time being 50 2-5 seconds...
...MILE WALK.The first event was the mile walk. Each class entered a competitor in this event, Mr. S. Coolidge representing '83, Mr. F. H. Darling '84, Mr. F. B. Fogg '85 and Mr. C. A. Brown '86. The best college record in this event, which has not been broken since 1877, is 7 minutes 4 4-5 seconds. Mr. Brown did not appear. Darling sprung to the lead at once, walking in excellent form. Fogg dropped behind at the end of the second lap. At the middle of the fourth lap, Coolidge passed Darling and kept the lead...
...HALF MILE RUN.The only entries for the half mile run were W. H. Goodwin, Jr., '84, and J. H. Gardiner, '85. Mr. Goodwin has the best college record, 2 min. 2 2-5 sec., in this event and an amateur record of 1 min. 56 7/8 sec. The audience therefore had a right to expect very good time to be made in the event. Goodwin at once took the lead, running in beautiful form, and won easily in 2 min. 4-5 sec., beating the best college record by 1 3-5 sec. Considering the strong wind, the performance...
...MILE RUN.In the mile-run, G. B. Morison, '83, J. B. Walker, '84 and T. H. Root, '85, were entered. Morison at once took the lead and the inside of the track, followed in order by Walker and Root. At the beginning of the fourth lap Root passed Walker. In the fifth lap Morison increased his pace evidently hoping to lower his record, finishing in 4 min. 41 sec., with Walker, who had passed Root in the last half of the last lap, 15 4-5 sec. behind. Considering the strong wind, Mr. Morison's run was better than...
...QUARTER MILE RUN.W. Baker and W. A. Stebbins, '86, and F. W. White, '85, entered for the quarter mile. Mr. Baker at once took the lead, followed closely by White and Stebbins. In the middle of the first lap, Stebbins passed White, who, however, recovered himself and came second, Baker winning easily...