Word: scratches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...YARDS DASH.Then came the 100-yard dash, in which three heats were run. The men in the first heat with their handicaps were as follows: D. D. Smith, '86, scratch; E. H. Rogers, '87, 1 yard; W. S. Scott, '89, 4 yards; L. S. Thayer, '88, 4 yards. A fine start was had and a very pretty race was made. The men were well bunched at the finish, but Thayer was first to cross, a foot ahead of Rogers. Time, 10 3-4s. In the second heat, J. W. Merrill, Jr., '89, 5 yards; N. A. Phillips...
...POLE VAULT.followed, in which T. C. Craig, '87, and J. W. Dudley, '87, both scratch, were the contestants. Dudley cleared 8 ft. 1-2 in., while Craig could get no higher than 7 ft. 6 in. Record 10 ft. 1 in. by Toler, of Princeton...
...MILE WALK.This was the most hotly contested event of the meeting. The entries were H. H. Bemis, '87, scratch; E. C. Wright, '86, scratch; F. W. Murphy, L. S., 30s.; H. Swain, S. S., 40s.; F. E. Zinkeisen, '89, 40s.; A. H. Knapp, '89, 50s.; W. Noble, L. S., 55s. Fifty-five seconds, or even 30 seconds, is a big handicap to overcome in a mile walk, but Bemis and Wright walked splendidly and on the first quarter gained 50 yards and on the second 100 yards. On the last quarter the scratch men had passed all their competitors except...
RUNNING HIGH JUMP.Then came the running high jump, contested by H. L. Clark, '87, scratch; D. C. Clark, '86, 5 in.; J. D. Bradley, '86, 5 in.; J. H. Shepard, '88, 6 in.; E. Buckingham, '87, 7 in.; F. E. Parker, '89, 9 in. The jumping was started at 4 feet. Shepard was the first man to drop out at 4 ft. 9 in. Parker failed three times at 5 feet, which threw him out. The remaining men all went over 5 ft. 2 in., but the next height to which the bar was raised...
...MILE RUN.The mile run was contested by F. B. Dana, '88, scratch; A. T. Dudley, '87, 10 yards; P. Marquand, '89, 50 yards; G. L. Deblois, '89, 65 yards. Dudley started in good form, running easily and well, and soon passed Marquand and Deblois. Then Marquand passed Deblois and Dana passed both of them. At the half Dana's time was 2 minutes 23 1-2s. Deblois dropped out on the third quarter. Dudley still led though Dana was gaining on him, while Marquand was badly tired. Dana's time on the third was 3.44. On the fourth...