Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...NINETY-SEVEN...
...yards hurdles was the closest race of the day. Boyce led over the first seven hurdles, with Converse, Hallowell and Peter running evenly close behind. Converse then picked up and passed Boyce as he stumbled at the finish. Hallowell and Peter finished in the order named about a yard behind the winner. Converse broke the record in this race, covering the distance in 25 4-5s.,- remarkably fast time for an interscholastic meet...
...Weld intermediate, junior and second junior crews rowed a mile race yesterday afternoon. The intermediates won by a half length; the second juniors were second, having had seven lengths start...
When the games were interrupted, Hopkinson stood first with twelve points, English High being a close second with eleven. In the seven events that were finished, three records were broken and one equalled. Hallowell, of Hopkinson, won the high hurdles in 16 2-5s., lowering W. W. Hoyt's record by one second. In the 880-yards run, McGarrett, of the Cambridge High and Latin, equalled R. F. Hanson's record of 2m. 1 1-5s. In the high jump, Rotch, of Hopkinson, made a new record of 5 ft. 8 in., raising C. J. Paine's record...
Below are given the schools with the number of points won in the seven events: Hopkinson 12, English High 11, Brookline High 7, Cambridge High and Latin 5, Chauncy Hall 5, Worcester Academy 4, Andover 4, Exeter 2, Worcester High 3, Waban Preparatory School 2, Noble and Greenough...