Word: scratches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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RUNNING HIGH JUMP.Clark, '87, scratch; Sturgis, '90, 8 inches; Codman, '90, 9 inches; Paul, '88, 10 inches; Lothrop, '90, 10 inches; Alexander, '90, 12 inches. This event was won by Alexander with an actual jump of 4 feet 9 1-2 inches, with Sturgis second, with a jump of 5 feet 1-4 inch. Clark failed to jump more than 5 feet 6 1 4 inches...
...YARDS DASH.Endicott, '90, 25 yards; Sturgis, '90, 25 yards; Wells, L. S., scratch. This proved to be a very close race. Wells steadily crept up on his opponents, but he was unable to beat Endicott by more than a couple of feet. The time, 51 4 5 seconds, has been equalled by Goodwin, '84, at the meeting in the fall...
HALF-MILE RUN.Cogswell, '88, scratch; Strout, '90, 25 yards; Dana, '88, 10 yards. Cogswell cut out a fast pace from the start, making the first quarter in 58 seconds. In the second quarter he caught and ran away from Strout, who in turn ran away from Dana. With the exception of the record of 2 minutes 1-5 second, made by Baker, '86, Cogswell's time, 2 minutes 1 3-4 seconds has not been equalled at any college games for several years...
MILE RUN.Webster, '87, 75 yards; Hale, '88, scratch; Davenport, '90, 100 yards; Gorham, '90, 100 yards. Hale did not start quite fast enough, and though he spurted pluckily at the finish, he was unable to catch Davenport, who won in 4 minutes 45 seconds. Hale was second in 4 minutes 49 seconds...
MILE WALK.Bemis, '87, scratch; Zinkeisen, '89, 30 seconds; Norton, '88, 30 seconds; Grover, '90, 90 seconds. This event was won by Bemis in 7 minutes 10 3-4 seconds. Norton and Zinkeisen had a hard race for second place, but the former won it in 7 minutes 51 4-5 seconds. Bemis' time was never equalled in a fall meeting...