Word: swords
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meeting will be a 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...
...fitness in this case means a clear head, a steady purpose and the quality of natural leadership. It does not imply the greatest actual ability as a baseball player any more than generalship in an army implies the best shot with a rifle or the greatest ability in sword practice. The man who can get the most work out of the nine with the least possible friction is the man whom we need. The nine this spring will not be an "aggregation of stars" as our teams have been called, and we cannot rely on brilliant individual work to bring...
Following on this event were the broad sword contests. The entries were R. B. Merriman '96; J. C. Hancock '95, H. F. Gillette '96, and C. N Barney M. S. The bouts were for 10 points and all cuts above the waist, as well as thrusts, were made to count. Hancock and Merriman were the first men matched. Merriman was the cleverer and won, 10 to 6. In the Gillette Barney bout the contest was closer, Barney winning. In the finals Merriman won from Barney...
...ladder exhibition which followed the broad sword contests was very good. The men were: R. D. Farquhar '93, E. Townsend L. S., F. W. Moore '93, C. R. Bardeen '93 and R. Macallister '93, Macallister especially as the chief figure of the exhibition again showed his great strength and power of endurance...
...entries for the potato race and broad sword contest will remain open till seven o'clock tonight...