Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Eleven men threw the hammer, Bush, '80 (Columbia), taking first prize, with a record of 84 ft. 1/2 in. Irons, '81 (Brown), was second, throwing...
Tewksbury, '80 (Princeton), took the first prize for pole vaulting, reaching 9 ft. 4 in. Keene, '80 (Harvard), was second...
...Spectator comments on the fact that at Cornell money-prizes are given in the athletic contests. Do the Cornell men expect to be admitted as amateurs at other sports after this? The Era answers that it's none of Columbia's business, and anyhow Cornell never had a postgraduate on her crew, - another delightfully conclusive answer. It may be interesting to some to see what the prizes are worth at Cornell. In the 100-yards dash the prize is $1; 220-yards, $2 ("reduction on taking a quantity"); 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile, $3; 100-yards run (backwards) which...
...Advertiser, in its notice of the Boylston Prize speaking, said that there was a marked improvement over the standard of several years ago. It is doubtful whether this statement is correct. Before the adoption of the preliminary system there was a much greater number of candidates than now, and the poor speakers, having a large majority, made the whole performance appear to be of an ordinary kind. At any rate, the present standard is not creditable, and ought to be raised...
...shot into the water. He was helped out by some spectators in a boat near by, and his shell - the right wash-board of which was smashed - was towed ashore. Hall consented to start again, but as Griswold refused, Hall rowed over the course alone, and was awarded the prize...