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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...yards dash there were eight heats. Harvard had no winner in even the preliminary rounds. The event was won by McNeil of the Trimount club in 27 1-4 seconds, Puffer of the New Jersey club being second...
...running high jumping began rather early but it was 11 o'clock before a decision was made as to the victors. Fearing, '93, was the winner. The following is the score: 1, Fearing, '93, handicap 1/2 inch, 5 feet, 10 3-4 inches; 2, Morse, B. A. A.; 3, Greene, '92. In this event Fearing did admirable work, and was repeatedly applauded. His jump is a tie with the best Harvard record...
...Harvard showed up well. Lowell, '92, won the first trial heat in which Downs, '90, was third, and Batchelder, '92, fourth. Priest, '91, won the second trial heat with Dohm of Princeton, second, and Peters of the B. A. A. third. In the third heat Blake, '93, came in winner, with Endicott, '90, fifth. The final heat proved to be one of the most exciting of the evening. Peters led for some time but Dohm passed him on the sixth lap. At the finish, however, Peters went ahead again and won, and Blake also spurted and passed Dohm. Both Peters...
Harvard had entered no team for the tug-of-war contests. In these the Pastime club pulled Brown university, Princeton pulled the Manhattan club after one dead heat, the Berkeley pulled the Craigie club, and Varuna defeated Tech. In the second round the Pastime was a winner over the Berkeley, and the Varuna over the Princeton team. The finals between the Pastime and the Varuna clubs, was won by the former by one and a half inches...
...Contestants will be handicapped according to their known record; those whose ability is unknown will be handicapped at twenty-eight feet in the shot-putting contest, and at four feet and ten inches in the high jumping contest. 2. The winner in each contest will score as many points as there are men in that contest; the second man one less, etc.; every man scoring according to his position. 3. The handicaps of the contestants will be changed according to any improvement made over their former records.4. Those who win at the several contests will have their names upon...