Word: prize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...article on Yale's prospects in the coming contest for the "Mott Haven" cup. The article starts off with the statement that the most enthusiastic Yale man can only figure out second place for his college, and adds, "It seems that though the men who might take a first prize had concluded to let somebody else have a chance. Brooks, '86, the champion college sprinter, positively declines to enter this year. Hamilton, '86, the easy winner of the bicycle race at last year's games, also holds himself severely aloof from the track, and now says nothing can induce...
...games of the Brooklyn Athletic Club in Madison Square Garden, on Saturday, Segur, Princeton, '89, won second prize in the bicycle race...
Probably the largest literary prize ever offered is that of $1,000,000 to be given in 1925 by the Russian Academy for the best work on the life and reign of Alexandria I. In 1855, shortly after the death of Alexandria I, the sum of 50,000 rubies was offered by one of his favorite ministers, to be given as a prize a century after his death, and this at compound interest will amount in 1925 to $1,000,000. - Yale News...
HORIZONTAL BAR.This exhibition of horizontal bar work was better than it was last year. There were four contestants, all of whom showed strength and skill. J. C. Faulkner, '86, won the general applause by his graceful movements. The prize was awarded to him. The other competitors were: H. Swain, '89, R. T. Osgood, '87, and T. C. Batchelder...
...race between Messrs. Bachelder and Knapp and Dudley and Faulkner in the double somersault art was won by Dudley and Faulkner. This event was the clown of the afternoon, and the ape-like movements of the contestants elicited long and uproarious applause. In this event Dudley won the first prize and Knapp the second...