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...only Princeton record which was broken was in spring-board jumping, in which McCord made a record of 8 feet, 7 inches, beating the previous record of 8 feet, 6 inches, made by Moore in 1887. In the high jump, McLanahan, '92, won with apparent ease, by a jump of 5 feet, 1 inch, Roddy, '91, and Small, '92, tying for second place. Mr. Stoll, of Staten Island Athletic Club, gave an exhibition of rope climbing, making the 35 feet in 10 1-5 seconds. There was only one bout in heavy weight wrestling, contested by Huston, '89, and Pierson...
...second bout, Page, '91, threw Todd, '89. The final bout between the winners of the first two bouts, was awarded to Page, '91, Davis having sprained his arm. J. J. Kraft, of the Nonpareil Rowing Club, gave a pretty exhibition of club swinging, which was followed by the spring-board jump, won by McCord, '89; distance, 8 feet, 7 inches-T. Sproull, '89, second, 8 feet, 5 inches. The first bout in the feather-weight wrestling was won by Babcock, '90, who, in the second bout, was thrown by Somerly, '91. After an exhibition on the flying rings by Robert...
...proficient in somersaults but Henderson the better in connected work. H. L. Phillips, Gr., did some fine club swinging. This event was very "taking," and it seemed a pity that there were no more entries. Barney, '90; Myers, '90; Henderson, '91, and B. C. Stevenson, Sp., next did some spring-board leaping. The meeting now ended as usual with the tug-of-war-'88 vs. '90. Eighty-eight had the south end. She was represented by E. A. Pease, No. 1; C. H. Baldwin, No. 2; P. Chase, No. 3, and F. G. Balch, anchor. The '90 team...
...Spring-board Leaping-G. L. Barney, '90 B. C. Stevenson, Sp.; F. B. Myers, 90; J. B. Henderson...
...last meeting occurs on March 24th, and the following events will take place: Running high jump, flying rings, rope climbing, pole vault, horizontal bar, spring-board leaping, running high kick, tumbling, and the final tug-of-war between the teams winning the former events...