Word: withdrawing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...running high jump, proved to be one of the prettiest contests of the meeting. The entries were J. P. Lee, H. A. A., R. G. Leavitt, H. A. A. and P. W. Conant, M. I. T. All the men 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...
...expected that the college athletic associations would continue their connection with the North American Amateur Athletic Association and enter as usual in their coming games. At the meeting, however, of the intercollegiate delegates, held in New York on Saturday, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, it was unanimously agreed to withdraw from the N. A. A. A. A. The delegates wish it to be understood that their action is not to be construed as approving or disapproving of the principles of any other association. The following officers were elected: President, J. M. Hallowell of Harvard; vice-president, J. P. Cullen...
...delegation of Lafayette sophomores called upon Professor Youngman, clerk of the faculty, last Thursday, and presented to him a petition signed by thirty-four members of the class, protesting against the suspension of four classmates for hazing, and declaring that the signers were equally implicated, and would withdraw from the college unless the suspended men were recalled...
...extremely improbable that Stagg of Yale will withdraw from the nine next season, as announced. If he does not fill the pitcher's box, he will play somewhere in the infield...
...thing more. The Yale News, the Yale captain, and the Yale management seem to be of the opinion that "the Harvard faculty, if the facts of the case were laid before them in the right light, would withdraw their objection." Once for all, let us state that the Harvard faculty has nothing to do with the matter; full powers have been given to the athletic committee, and their decision is irrevocable. The game will not be played in New York...