Word: recording
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...recent Oxford University games C. B. Frye tied the world's record for the running broad jump by clearing 23 feet 6 1-2 inches. Lutyens ran the mile in 4 minutes 21 seconds...
...London in 1889 Cornell won from Columbia and University of Pennsylvania. In this race. she established a world's record for one and one half miles in an eight-oar in six minutes and forty seconds. In 1890 the 'Varsity and Freshmen won all the intercollegiate races, and the next year the same thing occurred and a new world's record for three miles in an eight-oar 14 minutes 27 1-2 seconds was established. In 1892 the Cornell Freshmen won from Columbia and the 'Varsity from University of Pennsylvania...
...Alexander, of the Law School, has broken the record for the best strength test of students now in college. E. Cockrell '95, had the record previously. His total was 1016.6. N. D. Alexander's record is 1030, G. E. Chaney, '94, has also the best record for capacity of lungs, which is 455, while E. Klein, '95, has made a record of 80 for strength of the right forearm. There have been also several new tests made above 750. J. E. Young, L. S., has made 967.2; H. A. Gehring. '95, 854.3; C. Brewer, '93, 842.7; J. C. D. Hitch...
...Sweeney, of the Xavier Athletic Club, who has twice broken the world's indoor running high jump record this winter, has accepted the invitation of the committee and will enter the meeting next Saturday...
...some reason or other only. a few of the men came to the scratch and five of the events had to be omitted. The principal feature of the meeting was She s shot putting. In two successful throws he made 40 feet finches, easily beating Finlay's indoor record of 39 feet 10 inches made two years ago and coming within 41-2 inches of the Harvard record made by Evins at the New England Championship games last June...