Word: wade
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yale's protest against Evins on the grounds of professionalism is practically nullified. Before the track athletic games last Friday, Mr. Wade of the Yale A. A. protested Evins for professionalism. After the games, Mr. Wade asked Captain Cook to sign an affidavit stating that Evins is a bona fide amateur and that he has the regular number of hours in the Law School. Captain Cook said he would do this as soon as he arrived in Cambridge, but, pending the receipt of such an affidavit the two medals which Evins had won in the shot-putting and hammer-throwing...
...half mile run out of the clutches of Will Wright himself? Or that Wright of Harvard would have to content himself with second place, owing to an unfortunate misunderstanding about the exact position of the finish line? Or that Stillman would beat Evins in the hammer throwing? Or that Wade of Yale would be better by a place than R. H. Davis of Harvard? Yet such was the actual condition of things, and perhaps this very departure from the conception of how things ought to have been was what made the athletic contest of yesterday so exciting...
...spurt, both men were thrown to the ground and Brewster finished first, with Davis a not vary close second. The referee decided that Allen fouled Elliott and that Elliott should go into the finals. The second heat saw a very close fight between R. H. Davis and Wade, but the Yale man had saved himself for the spurt in the last lap and as a result, he crossed the line a few feet ahead of the Harvard man. In the final heat, R. H. Davis very craftily set a fast pace, tired the Yale man out, and in the final...
...mile bicycle. - First heat won by Brewster of Yale. Time, 7 min. 7 2-5 sec. Second, P. W. Davis of Harvard. Elliott of Harvard allowed in finals. Second heat won by Wade of Yale. Time, 6 min. 8 2-5 sec. Second, R. H. Davis of Harvard. Final heat won by P. Davis of Harvard. Time, 6 min. 5 1-5 sec. Second, Wade of Yale. Third. R. H. Davis of Harvard...
...jump, J. H. Hammond '92, 20ft. lin.; running high jump, A. G. Dickson, 5 ft. 5 1 2 in.; pole vault, E. G. Hart '94, 10ft. 3in.; putting the shot, D. B. Lyman '94, 39ft.; throwing the hammer, P. S. Stillman '94, 90ft. 9in; two-mile bicycle, K. B. Wade...