Word: roped
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rope climbing conest of 22 feet was easily won by G. Mather '10. The three-legged race of 40 yards, which was one of the most interesting events to watch, was won by J. F. Doyle '07 and J. M. Rand '09, who finished a few feet ahead of W. T. Bentley '07 and H. E. Perry...
...Rope climbing...
...Saturday. The complete list is as follows: A handicap cross-country run finishing at the Gymnasium; a handicap and novice shot-put; a handicap and novice high jump; a handicap and novice high hurdle race; a novice 25-yards dash, not open to H. A. A. men; a rope-climbing contest; a pole-climbing contest; a three-legged race; a potato race; a sack race; and the dormitory relay races. The preliminary round of the relay races and of the dash and hurdle events will be run off on Friday...
Following this P. N. Coburn 3L. and J. McMasters tied him fast to a chair with 60 feet of stout rope. Their work of nine minutes was undone by Mr. Houdini after an exhausting strain of 12 minutes...
Presumably in connection with the same affair, a skeleton which had recently been stolen from Dr. Darling's laboratory in Lawrence Hall was suspended on a rope over Massachusetts avenue in front of Holyoke House early Saturday morning. It was discovered by the police and taken down at 4 o'clock...