Word: recording
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class games at Princeton, Monday, the college record in putting the shot was broken by Janeway, '88. His best put was 37 ft. 5 in., which is 6 inches ahead of the previous record...
Temple the American bicyclist, won the 2,000 metres races at Berlin recently in 3 minutes 19 seconds, thus beating the best record ever made on the Continent...
...special athletic meeting was held by the Yale Athletic Association at Hamilton Park last week, at which Sherrill broke the Yale record of 220 yards from 22 2-5 seconds to 22 1-5 seconds. This time is almost as fast as that made by Wendell Baker, who coved the distance in 22 seconds. Griswold, '90, ran an exhibition half-mile in 2m. 10s. He made the first quarter in 58 1-2 seconds, which was too fast for good time in the half. The timers were Trowbridge, '82 S., and Coxe, '87. The judges were Hinckley, '89, McCormick...
...afternoon a cricket match was played between the school eleven and a team made up of graduates. Exercises were held in the new chapel at 11.30, at which Samuel Eliot, LL.D., of Boston, delivered the address. In the afternoon, the second field meeting was held, in which three school records were broken. The events and winners were: Throwing the hammer, won by J. M. Fiske. Distance 78 ft. 10 in.; second, J. McFerridy, 73 ft. 10 in.; third, J. S. Black, 72 feet 11 1-2 inches-all breaking the record. Senior half-mile run for the Gardiner challenge...
Last Wednesday afternoon, at New Haven, W. G. Lane, Yale '88, ran three miles against time and broke two records, the American amateur record for 1 1-4 miles and for three miles. The time was as follows: Half-mile, 2.27; mile, 4.59; one and a quarter miles, 6.18 1-5; two miles, 10.21; two and a half miles, 13.00; three miles, 15.41 1-5, beating the record of 15.55 1-5, by Harmar, Yale...