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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large, but the shooting was hardly up to the average. The first event was the match for the Founders cup, which was won by S. Paine, with a score of 11, MacKay and Bacon were second wish 10 points each. The final score in Match A was next shot. Bacon won first place with 18 points out of a possible 20, and Hastie second place with 17. The best scores in Match B were made by Gould and Pike...
PHOTO. COM.HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB.- There will be a meeting of the Harvard Shooting club at Watertown, this afternoon (weather permitting). The Founders cup will be shot for. Take...
...match was shot in six rounds, three at each kind of birds. Yale won the choice of birds first and chose the keystones. In the first round Yale secured a lead of one bird and kept it until the third round when Harvard rallied and gained six birds over her opponents. The third round closed the first half with Harvard five birds in the lead. The second half was more spirited and both teams did much better shooting. Yale tried hard to overcome Harvard's lead but without success. The first round was a tie. A gain of two birds...
...Mechanics' Hall, Huntington Avenue, Boston, commencing at 8 p. m. promptly. Following are the events: 50 yards run, 1 mile run, 440 yards run, 880 ards run, 220 yards run over 2 feet 6 inch hurdles, 1 mile walk, pole vault, running high jump, putting 16 1b. shot, 220 yards run, throwing 56 1b. weight, tug-of-war of 650 pounds, 4 men, 2 substitutes allowed; no contest unless two teams enter. The course will be a board track of about 13 laps to the mile. Rules of the Amateur Athletic Union will govern all contests. The meeting will...
...23rd. The interest of that day is to be supplemented by a match between the shooting teams of the two universities. Arrangements for the match are almost completed, and it is to come off in the morning. Last year the first Harvard-Yale clay pigeon match ever held was shot in Cambridge or rather at the clubs shooting grounds at Watertown, and our team won the honor of being the only Harvard 'varsity team that succeeded in lowering the blue in 1889. We had a remarkably strong five last spring but this year some of the best men are lost...