Word: shearman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...world's record in the high jump, with a jump of 5 feet, 11 1-2 inches. He defeated Page at the games but did not equal Page's record which at that time was over six feet. In the pole vault, an unfair comparison was made between Shearman's record and that of Ray of England, in that the reader was led to suppose that Ray's record is a college one, when in reality it is not. A. Copeland's recorded of 14 3-5 seconds in the 120-yards hurdle race, was made over hurdles six inches...
...record at the Mott Haven games by a jump of 5 ft. 11 1-2 inches. Previous to this time, Page of the same college held the record, which has not yet been equaled by a representative of any other college. In pole-vaulting the college record made by Shearman (Yale) is 2 feet 2 inches below the record made in England, land last September by Ray. A. Copeland, of the Manchester Athletic Club ran the 120-yards hurdle race in 14 3-5s. thus beating the intercollegiate record by 2 3-5s. Princeton has sent strong representatives...
...were played under cover for the first time. The H. A. A. did not send down any representatives. However, two men, Stead, '91, and Lee, '91, went down on their own account, but failed to win. Yale sent quite a number of entries, but all failed to win excepting Shearman, who won the high jump at 5 ft. 9 in. with 1 in. handicap. Only one record was broken. George R. Gray, N. Y. A. C., threw the 24b.- shot 33 ft., 3 in., breaking the record by 8 inches. The lacrosse game between the Staten Island Athletic Club...
...yards dash alone there are one hundred and nine contestants, and among them, Robinson of Yale. Harmar, of Yale, will compete with seventy-four other athletes in the mile run. The entries for the running high jump number forty-seven, and among them is the name of Shearman of Yale. In the half-mile run, Harmar, of Yale, and Dohm, of Princeton, will contest. Princeton will have another representative in Janeway, who has entered for putting the 24-pound shot. Dohm and Robinson will also compete in the quarter-mile run, among almost fifty others. There are forty-four entries...
...Republican and Democratic clubs of Princeton engaged in a joint tariff debate last evening-Mr. V. B. Denslow of Chicago spoke for the Republicans, and Mr. T. G. Shearman of New York for the other side...