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...Athletic Club will hold open scratch games on March 12th in Winslow Rink. The entry blanks have not yet been printed, but the programme will consist of these events: 50 yard flat dash, 50 yard high hurdle, one mile walk, one mile run, putting 16 pound shot, pole vault, running high jump, and running high kick...
Putting 16 pound shot. - W. H. Shea...
Putting 16-pound shot. - W. H. Shea '92. 220 yard hurdle race. - T. Richardson...
...yards dash, 9ft. limit; 220 yards run, 10yds. limit; 440 yards run, 20yds. limit; 880 yards run, 45yds. limit; one mile run, 80yds. limit; one mile walk, 30s. limit; 300 yards hurdle race, 2ft. 6in., 10yds. limit; running high jump, 4in. limit; pole vault, 12in. limit; putting 16-pound shot, no limit...
...crew at present. It will be seen from the list below that the average weight is pretty low. To be sure the men are not to be selected upon the basis of weight alone; but it is very easy to see that a man who weighs 170 pounds is vastly better than one who weighs 140 pounds, if he is as good proportionally every other way. It is not expected that a crew of 170 pound men can be selected, but it ought to be expected of a class so large as this that it could get a crew that...