Word: weather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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HARVARD, 121; YALE, 98.The Harvard Shooting club shot its first match with the Yale Gun club, Saturday afternoon, on the club's grounds at Watertown. Except for a strong wind, the weather was perfect for shooting, and even without the wind it is extremely doubtful if the scores would have been much better. Both teams shot well, the Harvard team better than ever before. At the start, Harvard took the lead, and kept increasing it at every round. In the fourth round, the Yale team did very good work, but it was of no avail and Harvard finished winner...
...eleventh annual field meeting of the New York Interscholastic athletic association was held at the Berkeley Oval last Saturday. The weather was perfect and the games were in every way a success. G. R. Fearing of Cutler's school, competed in five events, breaking four interscholastic records, and thereby practically winning the cup for his school. He first won the half-mile in 2 minutes, 5 1-5 seconds, then the 120 yards hurdle race (hurdles 3 feet) in 16 2-5 seconds, next the high jump, 5 feet, 8 1-2 inches; and lastly the quarter-mile...
Entries may be made up to three o'clock this afternoon. In case of bad weather notice of postponement will be posted at Bartlett...
...football squad has been for some time steadily working under the direction of Irwine, '88. Most of their time is spent in kicking and passing, the weather being too hot for very violent exercise. But few of the old men will be back next year, and it will be only by hard and timely work that Princeton can put a good team in the field...
...seconds, and that of the two-mile bicycle race froce from 6 minutes, 24 2-5 seconds, to 6 minutes, 21 seconds. In the pole vault, Shearman, '89, instead of lowering the record, raised it from 10 feet, 3 5-8 inces, to 10 feet, 5 inches. Perfect weather and a good track combined to make the meeting one of unusual interest, all of the events being closely contested, especially the bicycle race, half-mile run, and the 120 yards hurdle. Below is given the list of events and winners...