Word: raced
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Oxford-Cambridge race will be rowed to-day, April 3. There will be six old men in the Oxford boat, while only two of the Cambridge eight rowed last year. The average weight of each crew is about 172 lbs. The crews are very equally matched, but with the advantage slightly in favor of Oxford...
DEAR SIR - The freshman class of Harvard accepts the challenge of the freshman class of Columbia to an eight-oared shell race with coxswains, two miles straightaway. Time, place and minor details to be arranged here after...
Madison Square Garden has been secured for the series of races between L. E. Myers and W. G. George. The first race will take place May 1, the second May 8, and the third, should a third be necessary, May 15. Myers is training on the grounds of the Manhattan Athletic Club, while George takes his exercise on the New York Athletic Club grounds at Mott Haven. The events to be decided by Myers and George are for the middle-distance championship of the world and $2,000. They will run at 1,000 yards, three quarters of a mile...
Columbia enters a strong team. Safford, '86, won the hurdle race in 1883 and 1884, and has a record of 17 2.5 seconds. Mapes of the Law School has made good time in the 100 and 220 yards dash, and is a good jumper. Ware is very fast in the mile walk, having a record of 7 minutes, 19 seconds. Renton, '87, is one of the best bicyclers in American colleges, and has made very fast time. Stevens, '87, stands a good chance in the pole vault, having a record of 9 feet, 6 inches...
...amateur championship of America in the running high jump, with the tremendous record of 6 feet, 1-4 in. Brenton, '88, is said to have cleared 21 feet, 4 inches, in the broad jump. Kohler, '87, is the rival of Renton of the University of Pennsylvania in the bicycle race. As it is probable that neither Hamilton of Yale nor Dean of Harvard will enter, the contest lies between them...