Word: splendid
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...splendid new club house of the New York Athletic Club is probably the finest building in the country belonging to an athletic organization. Beside the usual rooms of a club house it contains a gymnasium hall, and other rooms devoted to athletic exercises. The gymnasium hall occupies the whole of what would ordinarily be two stories at the top of the building. Its size may be approximated in the mind of the reader, by learning that the track which is in a balcony like the one in the Hemenway gymnasium, is 21 laps, while the Harvard track measures...
...game at New York, yesterday, was a splendid struggle for the championship on the part of both elevens. We have not as yet received the details, but from a telegram we learn that the Blue was victorious by the narrow margin of 6 to 4. It is said that Richards, of Yale, was dangerously hurt...
...minutes 33 1-2 seconds, L. Sullivan being the only other competitor. Putting the shot was a walkover for C. H. Pennypacker, and so was the hurdle race for F. B. Lund. T. D. Davidson and A. F. Holden contested the quarter-mile run. Davidson ran in splendid form, winning in the time of 1 minute, Holden suddenly stopped running part way around, and so, for a second time, what promised to be an exciting contest was far from that. The 220-yards dash was a very well contested event. There were four entries. Balch, Porter, Lund and Holden...
...played in Brooklyn, June 28th, before an audience of 3000, the greater part of whom were either under-graduates or alumni of the two contesting universities. The play was close and sharp during the entire game, and the excitement was intense at times. Yale won the match by her splendid fielding, and by bunching hits in the sixth inning. The score follows and tells the story...
...performed has gained its proper reward. The fact, too, that our victory was gained over such strong antagonists adds greater satisfaction to our success. Too much cannot be said in praise of the eight oarsmen who so stubbornly fought for a victory for Columbia. They have shown by their splendid work of yesterday that Columbia need have no cause for discouragement, for a crew that can make such a record may be confidently expected to show even better results in the future...