Word: motion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale's motion to strike out the mile walk from the list of events was taken up and after a short discussion it was voted to drop the walk, beginning in the year 1896. Harvard's motion to have the hammer thrown from a run was also carried, the change to take effect...
...motion for an alliance of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association with the Amateur Athletic Union which was brought up at the meeting of the I. C. A. A., held in New York last Saturday, is looked upon by Harvard, and indeed by most all of the colleges of the I. C. A. A., with an indifferent air. Such an alliance was strongly advocated by a committee from the Amateur Athletic Union, but the advantages to be gained from it are mostly on their side. While it would be of no harm to the I. C. A. A., at the same time...
...Ellis's motion was carried by a vote of 15 to 3. The negative votes were cast by Princeton, Yale and Columbia. Harvard did not vote. The events recommended were the annual Oxford-Cambridge program, with the following additional events: Half mile run, 220 yards dash, 220 yards hurdle race, and pole vault. It was also suggested that the substitutes of the team shall consist of the third, fourth and fifth men in the respective events...
...motion will probably be made that the association challenge Oxford and Cambridge to a meeting of point winners...
...first the intention at the meeting yesterday afternoon to discuss the question of confining football games to college grounds, but before any such action was taken, the motion with regard to the advisability of abolishing intercollegiate football altogether was introduced and passed...