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...marshal. The list of events for competition decided on are as follows: Throwing base-ball, two-mile run, 100-yard dash, standing high jump, putting shot, mile run, throwing the 16-pound hammer, 220-yard dash, running high jump, standing bar-vault, half-mile run, 2-mile bicycle race, pole-vault, standing board jump, 120-yards hurdle race. An exhibition of Indian club swinging will also be had, for which no prize is offered - Boston Herald...
...inches. '88, who drew the bye, won this event by pulling '90 20 inches. Running high jump - F. Spaulding, 5ft. 5in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 5ft. 4in. Light weight wrestling - first heat Denny, '87, threw L. Rice, '88; second heat Horne, '90, threw Goldie, '90; final heat won by Denny. Pole-vault - won by F. Spaulding, '87, at 8ft. 4in.; Chapin, '90, second. Middle-weight wrestling - won by Black, '88, who threw Miller, '90, Hitch and kick - by Moore, '89, 7ft. 11in.; W. Rice, second. Feather-weight wrestling - Leach, '90, threw S. Dodd, '87. Spring-board jump - won by Moore...
...competitions in the pole-vault and putting the shot will end April 1st, instead of March 1st, as stated in yesterday's issue...
...fall meeting of the Yale Athletic Association Wednesday, Sherman, '89, broke the Yale pole-vault record by half an inch, clearing 10 ft., 114 inches. Sherrill ran the 220 yards dash in 23 1-2 seconds...
...captain of the team, will be Yale's only entry for the hammer and shot. He won the hammer last spring and will stand a good chance this year. Goodwin, '89, is doing fair work jumping and will probably go to New York. Shearman, '89, will enter the pole-vault, an event in which Yale has never before had an entry. Kulp, '87 S., and Carlton, '87 are training for the 2 mile bicycle race, but as yet have developed no great speed. The tug-of-war team has not been selected, but Farrington, '86 S. who is rowing...