Word: mott
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Dates: during 1878-1878
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Armstrong. - This splendid amateur walker is to be sent abroad by the Harlem Athletic Club, to compete with English amateurs. Mr. F. J. Mott, of the same club, is also to be sent...
...held its games on June 7: broad jump, A. McNichol, 19 ft. 4 in.; 100-yards school-boys' race, J. F. Jenkins, 11 1/4 sec.; mile-walk handicap, H. B. Starr, (65 sec.) 8 min. 9 1/4 sec.; 100-yards, M. McFall, 10 1/2 sec.; mile-walk, F. J. Mott, 6 min. 57 1/2 sec.; quarter-mile, C. H. Rowlands, 56 1/4 sec.; two-mile walk, Armstrong...
...School Athletes. - We see by yesterday's New York World that an athletic meeting is to be held at Mott Haven for school-boys only. Each boy entering must show a certificate of good standing signed by the master of his school. This scheme, properly carried out, should be a grand success, and will prove to be a long step in the right direction. If such schools as Exeter, St. Paul's, etc., would make more of a feature of athletic outdoor sports, - make it a part of the course, in fact, - and provide proper instructors in running, walking...
Columbia. - This college held her sports at Mott Haven last week, but the fields were small, and the performances poor. Princeton held her sports about the same time, but her events were not productive of many starters or even fair time...
...action of the Association in offering to send men to the Intercollegiate games at Mott Haven has had the effect of inducing men to train who would not otherwise have done so; yet it is a cause of great regret that announcement of its intentions was not made earlier by the Association. This could not well be, however, for the difficulty of getting a track near the college appeared insurmountable. It was useless to talk of Jarvis Field for this season; in fact, we may consider ourselves fortunate if we are allowed to use it at all next autumn. Holmes...