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...best race of the evening was the 1000-yard event, which was won by J. W. Overton of Yale, who took the event from a wonderful field of runners, equalling the world's indoor record of 2 minutes 15 2-5 seconds for the distance. He led all the way and was followed by Baker of the N. Y. A. C. and Caldwell...
...long distance team had two races, winning one and losing one. Yale was beaten for the seventh consecutive time at the B. A. A. games in a race replete with thrills, first a Harvard man and then a Yale man leading, ending by Bingham and Overton, the respective anchormen, sprinting desperately all the way, with Bingham finally reaching the tape a yard ahead. The team was: A. Biddle '16, J. Coggeshall '18, H. W. Minot '17, and Captain W. J. Bingham '16, and the time was 7 minutes 8 2-5 seconds...
...University team will be picked from A. Biddle '16, W. J. Bingham '16, R. D. Campbell '17, J. Coggeshall '18, F. T. Donahue '18, J. C. Merriam '16, and H. W. Minot '17. For Yale J. W. Overton, A. O. Barker, H. C. Rolfe, and H. S. Cooper are expected to run. M. B. On is reported as not fully recovered from a severe cold, and will probably accompany the team as a substitute...
...unusually high quality will start. The entries include Joseph Ray, the A. A. U. mile champion with a record of 4 m. 16 2-5 s.; William Gordon, of the New York A. C.; D. S. Caldwell and J. W. Ryan, both of the B. A. A. J. W. Overton of Yale is not expected to enter this race, as Coach Mack is reserving him for the relay race with the University...
...yard hurdles, W. F. Kelly, Southern California; 220-yard hurdles, F. Murray, Stanford; broad-jump, H. T. Worthington, Dartmouth; high jump, W. M. Oler, Jr., Yale; pole-vault, F. K. Foss, Cornell; shot-put, A. W. Mucks, Wisconsin; hammer-throw, H. P. Bailey, Maine; cross-country, J. W. Overton, Yale...