Word: prize
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...gentlemen of Mr. Donaldson's club table, at Mrs. Browne's, have subscribed for a handsome prize to be given to the winner of the mile walk next Friday...
...editor of the Sporting Column having offered a prize for the bicycle race, another gentleman connected with the Crimson offers a gold medal to the winner of the hundred yards' dash, conditional on his equalling or beating 10 1/2 seconds...
...view of the number of bicyclists now in college, it would seem a good plan to organize a Harvard Bicycle Club. Perhaps the Athletic Association will, if unwilling to hold a field meeting, give a prize of some value for a long distance road-race of ten miles or more. In case they will not, the "sporting column" of the Crimson will guarantee a cup or medal worth ten dollars for a ten-mile road or track race, contingent on five men starting, merely for the sake of promoting sport and creating interest in this capital exercise; the race...
...first event, the horizontal bar, was announced, for which there were two entries : Messrs. F. B. Keene, '79, and R. W. Ellis, '79. Mr. Ellis led off with a graceful performance, and was followed by Mr. Keene through a succession of pretty movements during half an hour. The prize was then awarded to Mr. Keene for superior style, though Mr. Ellis was frequently applauded with a heartiness that showed his movements were appreciated...
...probably consist of fifteen men; the question would be decided at the May meeting of the Captains from Yale, Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard. Probably no association would be formed. As to trophies, the balls used at the match-games were not satisfactory for exhibition; and he therefore proposed a prize-flag for every game. After some discussion, it was recommended that three touch-downs should equal a goal, and that four touch-downs should win over a goal, but that a touch-down from which a goal was kicked should not count separately. Captain Cushing urged the team to train...