Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Keast, and fully conforms to Yale's new scheme of making quick strokes to win. It is of cedar, and 72 feet in length. . . . . It is believed that under the new plan the whole race cannot be rowed in good form. It will be suicide to attempt a four-mile pull with a bunched or crooked back or an uneven slide. Here, it is to be feared, will be discovered the weakness of the Yale crew. The crew do not observe the excellent rule made by Captain Cook, that the strength of the stroke should be expended at the moment...
...correspondent of the Leeds Mercury has been looking up the best recorded one-mile time for swimming, walking, running and bicycling. He finds that the ratio of these times is expressed by the following figures: Swimming, 9.15; walking, 2.30; running, 1.54; bicycling...
...decided that Goodwin will run the half mile for the amateur championship of America in New York, June...
...probable that Mitchell will contest the hurdles and Goodwin, '84, the half-mile, for the championship of America, at New York, on June...
...view of the approaching college contests at the Polo Grounds the following records made in the recent Columbia College games at Mott Haven may be of interest: Running high jump - Jenkins, 5 ft. 3 1/2 in. 100 yards dash - Derickson, '85, 10 3/4 s. Mile walk - Taylor, '84, 9m. 14 3.5s. Throwing the hammer (15 lbs.) - Porter, '83, 89 ft. 5 in. Half-mile run - Coward. L. S., 2m. 12 3/4 s. Running broad jump - Jenkins, '84, 20 ft. 3 in. Mile run - Taylor, '84, 5m. 37 1.5 s. 440 yards dash - Jenkins, '84, 59 3-5 s. Putting...