Word: miles
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have heard nothing lately in regard to rowing Columbia, except a casual expression of the general belief that it is inexpedient for Harvard to continue rowing a hard four-mile race, which serves only to exhaust the men for the contest with Yale. Consequently it is likely that the race will be rowed as heretofore, and the chances of defeating Yale are to be lessened materially. Can nothing be done...
...southern slope of Mount Lycabettus, about fifteen minutes' walk from the centre of the city, is an open reservation about a quarter of a mile square, partly laid out as public grounds, partly occupied by public buildings. Here on the western side is the hospital Evangelion, and higher up the hill a plot of ground for a Normal School, the building for which has not yet been erected. On the eastern side is the old monastery of the Asomaton, now occupied as officers' barracks, standing picturesquely in the midst of trees, one of the few groves in Attica, the successor...
...been suggested that the bicycle club join the Eastern Road Club and send a team of three men to compete in its 25-mile road races which take place every spring and fall. There can be no doubt that this would be an excellent plan for improving the average riding of the club, just as competition with other and better nines improves the playing of our nine. The only objection is that the spring race occurs near the time of the Mott Haven sports, and the best riders may be away at New York. Still it is unlikely that more...
Harmar, Yale, '90, has entered in the mile and the half-mile runs at the U. of P. games...
...stand as good a chance as ever before; although we have lost Easton, Balch, '88, will be able to fill his place. In the high jump, Page, of Pennsylvania, will probably enter and again carry off the honors. Wright, L. S., winner of the mile walk last year is still in college, and if he will walk we have a very good chance of taking first place in that event, but otherwise our chances for this are small. In the quarter-mile run, we still have Wells, Miles, '88 and Mandell, '89. In the half-mile we have Cogswell...