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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great trouble to make the programme as attractive as possible. and the games will certainly be a great success. The events open to amateurs are as follows: 100, 200, 440, and 880 yards dashes, 2 mile bicycle, one quarter mile bicycle race in heats, running high jump, putting 16 pound shot. All of the events except the quarter mile bicycle race are handicapped. Besides the open events the following invitation events, all of which are scratch, are offered by the management: 125, 220, 880 yard dashes, and one mile run. A large number of college athletes have been invited...
George B. Gray, the champion shotputter, put the 16 pound shot 45 feet 2 inches last Friday, beating his American record of 44 feet 5 inches...
Putting the 16-pound shot-Won by Janeway. Princeton, 36ft, 1 1-2in; Elcock, Yale, second...
...Bradford won the mile walk in 8 minutes, 10 2-5 seconds, breaking the record (his own) of 8 minutes, 14 sec.; W. A. Henderson, second. Delabarre of Amherst won the two-mile bicycle race in 7 minutes, 33 3-5 seconds; Harriman of Worcester, second. Putting 16 pound shot-Won by M. H. Houghton, Amherst; distance, 33 feet, 3 inches. J. R. Perkins, second with a put of 33 feet, 2 1-2 inches. The record was only 33 feet, 1 inch. Running high jump-Won by Amadon, Williams, 5 feet, 6 inches; Peters of Williams was second. Running...
...following is the make up of the Union Boat Club Crew, which will row next Wednesday afternoon against the 'Varsity and the B. A. crew: Bow, J. J. P. Clark, 29 years old, 1461/2 pounds 5 feet 61/2 inches; No. 2, William S. Eaton, Jr 34 years old, 141 pound, 5 feet, 81/2 inches; No. 3. S. Hammond, Jr. 34 years, 1491/2 pounds, 5 feet, 8 inches; No 4 E. D. Codman, 24 years, 149 pounds, 5 feet, 71/2 inches; No. 5, J. Van Straaten, 27 years, 158 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches; No. 6, T. H. Simmons, 33 years...