Word: second
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Each player is required to pay an assessment of one dollar and fifty cents to the secretary. The money obtained in this way will be expended in purchasing four raquets of equal value to be awarded as first, second, third and fourth prizes...
...April number of Outing appears the second part of "Evolution of Form of Rowing" by E. M. Garnett...
...Oakey, M. S., and F. H. Leonard, '92, then appeared on the parallel bars. All the men gave a highly creditable exhibition. Plisoury performed the most difficult feats and was the most graceful. He was clearly entitled to the first prize, which he received. The second prize was awarded to Leonard. McLellan's performance showed off his great strength to advantage, but did not contain as much variety as the others...
...Tenney, Yale, and R. G. Leavitt, '89. Tenney was the first to drop out at 5 feet 5 1-4 inches. From this point the contest was extremely interesting, for first one man and then another failed on his first trial, but cleared the bar on his second or third attempt. Lee dropped out on 5 7 1-4 inches; Shearman cleared 5 feet, 8 inches, and won, as Leavitt, whose best jump was 5 feet 7 1-4 inches, could not reach this height. The bar was then raised to 5 feet, 8 5-8 inches, when Shearman touched...
...second and final heat in the tug-of-war brought the meeting to a close. Columbia won half an inch on the drop, but this was soon recovered by Harvard, with half an inch more. The strain was clearly too much for Perry, however, and at the end of two minutes, Columbia had pulled an inch of the rope to their side. From this time they kept increasing their advantage, until they had 5 inches at the end of four minutes, and a foot when time was called. The arrangements on the shoulders of the Columbia rope men evidently gave...