Word: scratches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...events and entries are: One mile (scratch), open to college men only. 1, W. B. Segur, Andover, B. C., 2, H. W. Hogue. '87; 3, G. W. Mathewson, C. S.; 4, Eliot Norton, '85; 5, L. B. Hamilton, Yale B. C.; 6, W. Maxwell, Yale...
...University of Pennsylvania and Yale. In the first round Harvard was pitted against Cornell, who got the drop by two inches, because Easton had too short a rope. Harvard easily pulled it away, and when time was called the ribbon was 18 inches on Harvard's side of the scratch. The second round brought the Harvard team face to face with Yale who, having drawn a bye before, were perfectly fresh. Harvard won the drop by one inch and then heaved and obtained eight inches in all. They then waited for Yale to heave, but the blues failed to make...
PUTTING THE SHOT.Harvard had no man at the scratch, as her men, although entered, were not considered likely to win a place. Reckhart of Columbia, won with a put of 36ft. 3 1-2 inches, and Briggs of Yale, was the second-best...
POLE VAULTwhich followed only two out of the four came to the scratch, Hodge, of Princeton, and Mandell, '84. There was an obstruction which hindered Mandell, who places his pole nearer the bar than others, and instead of protesting strongly he kept on vaulting, and failed to get over nine feet. Hodge, who went over the bar at that height won the event...
...George of the Mosely harriers, beat the amateur two-mile record (his own, 9m. 25 3-5s), at a late meeting of the London Athletic Club. Starting at the scratch against 25 competitors, he ran the distance...