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...first indoor meeting of the H. A. A. on Saturday afternoon was much more satisfactory than the limited attendance would indicate. None of the events were uninteresting, and there could hardly have been better exhibitions than were given in the parallel bars, the spring-board leaping, the top spinning, and the high jumping. The latter was the big event of the day, and was remarkable for the excellent work of the Harvard...
...Spring-board leaping.- E. H. Clark '96, L. B. Shoenfeld '95, Francis Mason '96, W. E. Putnam, Jr., '96, N. Kishimoto...
...success. In the high jump Sweeney, the in-door champion of the world, Stingel, Macomber and other cracks will compete. There is also to be a very fine exhibition on the parallel bars. In the events open only to Harvard men,-fencing, broad-sword, tumbling, potato race, spring-board leaping, horizontal bar, and 10 yds. dash,-there have been very few entries. Handsome prizes will be given in every event and it is hoped that more men will come out at once...
...connection with the introduction of novelties in the winter meetings, we would call attention to the notice which appears to-day in regard to forming a class for spring-board leaping. Mr. Lathrop is to have charge of this class. He wishes if possible to select a few to give an exhibition next Saturday. A week is a very short time to put men into condition for such an event, hence we would urge particularly those who have had experience in this line of gymnastics to come forward and do what they can to make the scheme a success. There...
...raised out of the way at a moment's notice by a rope fastened to the other end, and having the other half built in sections so that it can be taken to pieces, By means of the plane the jumper can throw his weight on the spring-board with much more effect than when he had to run along the floor...