Word: winner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Bullet, M. I. T., 2 1-2 inches and G. B. Morrison. B. A. A., 2 1-2 inches. Lincoln failed at 6 feet, 5 inches, De Bullet could go but an inch higher, while Pearson and Green dropped out at 6 feet, 10 inches, thus leaving Morrison the winner, with a vault of 6 feet, 11 inches...
...jumped with case and grace. Conant was the first to withdraw. The contest between Lee and Leavitt promised to be very close but Leavitt slipped. striking his face against the bar with considerable violence, and was forced to withdraw thus leaving Lee the winner with a jump of 5 feet 5 1-2 inches...
...annual game, and thus be one of the contestants in the final struggle for the cup, will be great. The Boston schools will also have much to gain from a membership in the association. It is probable that either Exeter or Andover will generally be the winner of the cup, but that result is by no means certain, and the Boston schools will have the advantage of being able to choose the best men from several nines. At present the plan is to play the final game between the picked nine and Exeter or Andover in Cambridge. A large number...
...seems that some Harvard undergraduates, prompted by a desire to increase the competition in baseball between the preparatory schools, have offered a cup which is to be played for by the winner of the Exeter-Andover game and a nine picked from the schools around Boston. The action of the Harvard men cannot be commended too highly. A majority of the graduates of the schools likely to be in the interscholastic baseball association enter Harvard, and the result of the increased competition between these schools will surely bear in a strong and direct light upon the success of Harvard...
...light-weight boxing between J. L. Putnam, Harvard '92, and Frank Peters, B. Y. M. C. U. The first round was very hot, but, although Putnam used his right well, Peters had the best of it. The succeeding rounds were much like the first, and Peters was declared the winner...