Word: sack
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...recommend to the notice of H. A. A. some of the athletic sports in vogue at Amherst. A "Fat Men's Quarter-Mile" if introduced here, would excite much interest, and the entries would be large. A "Sack Race" would have its attractions, while a thrilling novelty would be a favorite race at Amherst, - at once humane, athletic, and amusing, - i. e. a "Greased Pig Race." A "barrel of cider to the class winning the most races" would also be an incentive to individual prowess, and would doubtless prove a strong card...
...Appleton, 58 sec.; running high-jump, F. G. Russell, 5 ft.; three-mile walk, L. Webster, 36 min.; 100-yard hurdle-race, F. D. Wilcox, 18 sec.; standing long-jump, R. M. Nelson, 9 ft. 5 in.; mile-run, R. M. Nelson, 5 min. 57 sec.; 100-yards sack-race, R. M. Campbell, 20 sec.; pole-vaulting, F. L. Wilcox. 8 ft. 10 in.; 220-yards, J. D. Cheever, 25 1/2 sec.; tug-of-war, Class...
...exercises, as a large proportion of the contestants are amateurs and the object is a deserving one. The programme is as follows: Heavy dumbbells; picking up heavy weights; putting the shot; three-legged race; one-mile walk; pulling up, one and two arms; half-mile run; hitch-and-kick; sack-race; horizontal bar; foil and broadsword fencing; tumbling; rowing eight oars; single and double somersaults; hurdle-racing; potato-race; tug of war; three-mile walk; standing and running high jump, etc. Further particulars can be obtained from General Lister, who has been requested to act as referee...
...Williams athletic sports occurred October 14. The times were as follows: Quarter-mile run, 58 1/4 s.; half-mile run, 2 m. 24 1/4 s.; one-mile walk, 8 m. 39 1/2 s.; 100-yard dash, 11 1/4 s.; sack-race, 50 yards, 13 1/2 s.; mile run, 6m. 18 3/4 s. The base-ball throw was 323 ft.; the running high jump, 4 ft. 11 in.; running long jump...