Word: wasone
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Dates: during 1887-1887
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...first winter meeting Saturday afternoon. The different sports were closely contested, and in the running high kick the Institute record was broken. The sparring was exciting, but not scientific. Following is a summary of the games: Fence vault, R. C. Williams, '86, 6ft. 7in.; standing high jump, L. C. Wason, '90. 4ft. 7in.; putting shot, J. C. DeBullett, 33ft. 6 1-2 in.; running high jump, L. C. Wason, '90, 5ft. 2in.; fencing, H. A. Craigin; running high kick, L. C. Wason, '90, 9ft.; middle-weight sparring, Hamilton, '89; feather-weight sparring, J. A. Bachelder...
...first event on the programme was the running high kick. It was not very close, but was made interesting by the fact that the winner, Wason, '90, broke the Technology record of 8 ft. 8 in. He kicked the tambourine at 8 ft. 9 1-2 in. The only Harvard man in the fence-vault was unfortunately very tall and had to give his competitors a handicap of 3 3-4 inches in consequence. By actual vaulting he came in second, with a record...
Rogers, '87, and Lund, '88, were entered for the standing high jump; the latter did not appear. The event was won by Rogers with the remarkably good jump of 4 ft. 10 1-4 in. Wason, Tech. '90, was second, with a record...