Word: quartered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...entries for the quarter-mile run were, E. Sturgis, '90, S. G. Wells, L. S., R. R. Endicott, '90, A. S. Hardy, '87. Wells won comfortably in the fast time of 51 1-2 seconds. G. P. Cogswell, '88, and F. B. Dana, '88, were the only starters in the half-mile run. Cogswell took the lead and lead to the end. He ran in remarkable form, and came within 1-5 of a second of the record for the distance, his time being 2 minutes 25 seconds...
...Meeting takes place this afternoon. Judging from the sports on Monday, and the faithful training of the candidates for the Mott Haven team, we may predict unusually interesting sports. If the weather conditions are good, there is a chance that new records may be made in the half and quarter mile and in the mile walk...
...encouraging feature of the meeting was the large number of men who made the quarter mile in between 52 and 54 seconds. Taking this into consideration with Bemis's record in the mile walk, this afternoon may be called highly successful, and one which has materially increased our chances of winning the cup again this year...
...Philadelphia Press of May 1, contains a column and a quarter explaining a device invented by Fisher, '88, for registering the strokes of oarsmen. The description was somewhat lengthy, but the main features are the following...
FRESHMAN GLEE CLUB, - Barge for Jamaica Plain will leave Bartlett's at a quarter of seven sharp...