Word: scratching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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During the recess the 'varsity have rowed twice a day with the exception of Monday and Tuesday, when they took a vacation. They are slowly improving under the instruction of the coaches, and the scratch races they have indulged in with the Athletic Club crew have proved of benefit...
...percentage of all the events were walkovers that the meeting could not fail to be deprived of much of the interest which it otherwise would have had. The entries in wrestling and boxing matches were not many at best, and when so few of those entered appeared at the scratch, the feeling of just dissatisfaction among the spectators was very evident. It is a pity that the men should feel so little interested in the events in which they have entered that they so willingly relinquish their chances of winning...
...meeting opened by a handicap fence-vault, contested by G. W. Pear-son, H. A. A., scratch; A. H. Green, H. A. A., 1-2 inch handicap; C. F. Lincoln, B. A. A., 1 1-2 inches; J. C. De Bullet, M. I. T., 2 1-2 inches and G. B. Morrison. B. A. A., 2 1-2 inches. Lincoln failed at 6 feet, 5 inches, De Bullet could go but an inch higher, while Pearson and Green dropped out at 6 feet, 10 inches, thus leaving Morrison the winner, with a vault of 6 feet, 11 inches...
...Rope-climbing-Meehan, '90, time 8s.; fence vault-Cummings, '89, 6 ft. 6 in., breaking the school record by one and three-quarters inches; high kick-Cummings, '89, walkover; featherweight sparring-Atherton, '92. In the running high jump, three Harvard men had entered, but only one appeared at the scratch-J. P. Lee, '91. He took third place, being handicapped four inches. Morse, of the B. Y. M. C. U., won the event with a jump of 5 ft. 51/4 in: Shirwin, '90, was second with a jump of 5 ft. 5 in., thereby breaking the school record...
Putting the Shot-Cummings, R. L. S., 3 ft.; Coxe, Andover, 1 ft.; Ryan, B. Y. M. C. U., 6 in.; Connelly, B. Y. M. C. U., 1 ft.; Stickney, '92, 1 ft.; Finlay, '91, scratch; Hawley, '89, scratch; Barney, '90, 1 ft.; Choate, L. S., 2 ft.; Smith, '92, 2 ft.; Hunter...