Word: recording
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Stickney, H. A. A. and J. C. De Bullet appeared to put the shot. Both men did good work, De Bullet winning by a put of 36 feet, 2 1-4 inches, breaking the previous "Tech" record by eight inches...
...only entries for the high kick were L. C. Wason, M. I. T., and G. Rublee, H. A. A. Wason won and afterward succeeded in touching the plate at 9 feet, 2 inches, thus beating the previous Technology record by one inch...
...athletic outlook at Columbia is good. The candidates for the various teams are in strict training, and great hopes are entertained that the representatives of the blue and white will make a fine record during the coming season...
...Madison Square Garden, New York, next Saturday. It will be the largest athletic meeting ever held, as the entries already number over seven hundred. The list includes some of the most famous athletes of England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States, and it will be strange if several records are not-lowered. Among the men who will endeavor to break records are Westing, M. A. C., champion one hundred yards runner of the world, who will attempt to lower the present record for seventy-five yards; Copeland, M. A. C., who will try to break the record...
...only Princeton record which was broken was in spring-board jumping, in which McCord made a record of 8 feet, 7 inches, beating the previous record of 8 feet, 6 inches, made by Moore in 1887. In the high jump, McLanahan, '92, won with apparent ease, by a jump of 5 feet, 1 inch, Roddy, '91, and Small, '92, tying for second place. Mr. Stoll, of Staten Island Athletic Club, gave an exhibition of rope climbing, making the 35 feet in 10 1-5 seconds. There was only one bout in heavy weight wrestling, contested by Huston, '89, and Pierson...