Word: run
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Princetonian offers a silk hat to the member of the Princeton nine who makes the first home run in a championship game...
Princeton's annual field meeting was held Wednesday, May 9. Two Princeton records were broken by S. King, who ran 100 yards in 10 seconds and 220 yards in 22 1-4 seconds. The other events were as follows: 440-yards dash, Dohm, 53 1-4 seconds; half-mile run, Roddy, 2m. 7 1-5s.; mile run, Baker, 4m. 57s.; mile walk, J. Hunter, 8m. 52 1-4s.; running broad jump, Lemassena, 18f. 10 in.; throwing hammer, Janeway, 84 ft. 2 in. From the result of this meeting the Mott Haven team will be chosen...
After these came the mile run, which was won by Conneff, the Irish champion, in 4m. 43 3-5s. Davenport of Harvard was second by two yards, beating a field of some of the best amateurs in the country. Harmar of Yale fell down on the back stretch of the first lap, but ran through the race...
...half mile run was won by Conneff in 2m. 5 3-5s. Smith of the N. Y. A. C., was second by two yards, beating Cogswell of Harvard who received third prize, by the width of his body. Downs of Harvard was a close fourth...
...meeting closed with a five mile cross country run. The first man in was Carter of the N. Y. A. C., and the event was won by the team of the Suburban Harriers of New York...