Word: silver
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...events are open to all amateurs: 125, 220, 500 and 1000 yard runs; 2 mile run, 1 1-2 mile walk; 222 yards hurdle, (2ft. 6in.); running broad and high jumps; and putting 20 pound shot The first prize in each event is a gold watch, the second a silver watch and the third a silver medal. Entries close May 3 with S. J. Cornell, 524 Fifth Avenue, New York...
There is much dissatisfaction among the members of the Athletic Association with the cups given as prizes. If a man trains hard and wins a contest he deserves a better trophy than the pewter cup now given. The Association can give silver and bronze medals of good quality and workmanship for $3.50 and $2.50 a piece respectively. The first prize cup costs about $5.00. By making the change the management would satisfy winners, increase the entries and save money. Why should the medals not be given in the coming University meeting...
...Besides these events there will be a tug of war, the teams to weigh only 600 pounds; no handicap. The entrance fees of fifty cents for each man in each event should be sent before May 17 to T. W. Church or W. C. Dohm, Princeton College. Gold and silver medals will be given to firsts and seconds...
...white blazers, blue caps embroidered with the monogram Y. A. A., and white running suits. The committee in charge of the Mott Haven games is made up of Langthorne, Columbia; Sturgis, Harvard; Miller, Princeton; Walcott, Yale; Embly, College of the City of New York. The prize is a massive silver cup presented by Dr. White, principal of the Berkeley School, to be competed for this year for the first time...
...interscholastic race a silver cup will be presented, to be competed for annually by the schools, at the H. U. C. A. meet, under rules similar to those which govern the Mott Haven games...