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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...predicted in yesterday's CRIMSON, the famous College daily won the annual meet of the I. P. A. A. A. by the startling score of 38 1-2 to 32 1-2. The Lamp-on was second, but the Advocate and Monthly followed the dope and failed to connect with the scorer. Thousands of spectators witnessed the remarkable games, and watched the CRIMSON athletes win event after event with almost incredible rapidity. The committee in charge of the American contingent to the Olympic games were on hand as announced, and enlisted several of the journalists for the trip to London...
Although handicapped by the loss of two of their best point-winners, the wearers of the official Harvard Crimson were invincible in every event but one. The ha-ha boys had their arms so well trained from writing innumerable jokes that they won the majority of points in the shot-put. The other events in the meet were easy meat for the news gatherers. The Monthly and Advocate tried to bride the press representatives, but in spite of their efforts the Associated Press sleuth-hounds flashed the score over the country...
...Parker '10 won the pole-vault competition, held in the Stadium yesterday afternoon, with a vault of 11 feet, 9 1-2 inches. J. L. Barr '10 was second with 11 feet, 6 1-4 inches. and W. A. Dennis '11 and L. C. Seaverns '10 were tied for third place, at 10 feet, 6 inches...
...Yale won the dual shoot with the University shooting team in New Haven on Saturday, by a score of 225 to 202 out of a possible 250 birds. The winning score beat the dual record by 5 birds. Trudeau, Hebard and Pugsley of Yale were high men, each breaking 46 out of 50 birds...
...Bissell 2L. won the Carroll Cup race on Saturday in 7 minutes, 48 and 3-5 seconds. The race was rowed with a favoring wind and tide over the mile course from just below Harvard Bridge, upstream, to the Longwood Bridge. Bissell took the lead at the start and held it easily to the end, finishing 3 lengths ahead of J. W. Hall '11. J. B. Chevalier 1G. was third. F. M. Rackemann '09, who finished fourth, spoiled his chances by running into the buttress of the bridge near the start. He rowed a splendid uphill race, however, and pushed...