Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...impossible for the pilots to see where they were going. A little more forethought will make such cause of complaint unnecessary in the future. The other thing was more serious. The '90 boat, when it got the lead, steered into '89 water, and for over three-quarters of a mile gave the junior crew their swash. Whether this action was intentional on the part of the sophomore boat or not, it is to be reprehended, for it takes from the race what it ought above all things to have-equal advantages for all the crews rowing. Fortunately, the afternoon...
...annual class boat race of the students of the University of Pennsylvania will be rowed on Saturday over the three mile course upon the Schuylkill River...
...Yale '88 and '89 class games were held Monday, April 30, and the following men were winners: '80-yards hurdle, Berger, 11 3-5; 120-yards hurdle, Berger, 17; 100-yards dash, Sherrill, 10 1-5; 440-yards dash, Hinckey, 55 2-5; half-mile run, Halton; mile walk, Platt, 7.31; running high jump, Shearman...
...second of the three bicycle races to be contested by William A. Rowe of America and Richard Howell of England, for the championship of the world, was run Saturday at the Molineaux grounds, Wolverhampton. The distance was one mile. Howell won by 20 yards...
...dash. Bodley was set back a yard for a false start. Moen came in first in 10 2-5s., followed closely by Bodley. Lund had a walk-over in the '88 100-yards dash. In spite of a slow start he made 10 2-5s. The '91 mile-walk brought out Howe and Brackett. The first quarter was a lively one, the men keeping close together and forcing each other. Then Howe began to gain, winning in 7m. 31 3-5s. The '88 half-mile was now called. Cogswell had the pole, Dana next, and Miles outside...