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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...yard hurdle-race. 10 hurdles...
...fourth annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association took place at Mott Haven, Friday, May 9, and proved a marked success. Mr. Twombley fulfilled the duties of President, while Mr. Curtis acted as Referee, and Mr. Johnson as Starter. Harvard entered E. J. Wendell for the 100-yard race. Lee, University of Pennsylvania, won the first heat in 11 1/8 seconds, and Wendell the second in 10 4/5 seconds, Loney, Princeton, having a walk-over for the third heat. In the final heat, Lee was successful in 10 4/5 seconds, Randolph of Rutgers getting the second place, through Wendell...
...yard dash was won by Cogswell of Dartmouth, Simmons of Harvard running a close second. Simmons's friends claimed a foul, which was not presented to the judges, as Cogswell, the winner, was not the man who interfered with him. Simmons was reported to have made the distance in 52 seconds, and it does appear strange that in the race his time was only 55 seconds, while that of the winner was 54 4/5 seconds...
...walk-over in the first heat of the 220-yard. Wendell won his heat easily in 25 seconds, and also the final heat in 24 2/5 seconds. Lawson of Columbia won the first heat in the 120-yard hurdle-race in 20 seconds, Cowdin of Harvard winning the second in 19 3/4 seconds, and the final heat easily in 19 2/5 seconds. The other sports worthy of mention were: Throwing the hammer, won by Larkin of Princeton by a throw of 87 feet 1 inch; the running high jump, won by Conover of Columbia by a jump of 5 feet...
Other events were: Standing high jump, Larkin, Princeton, 4 feet 6 3/4 inches; graduate mile-walk, E. J. McIlvane, University of Pennsylvania, 8 minutes 50 4/5 seconds; graduate 100-yard dash, W. Waller, Columbia, 11 1/5 seconds; half-mile run, C. H. Cogswell, Dartmouth, 2 minutes 12 seconds; two-mile walk, R. H. Sayre, Columbia, 16 minutes 49 2/5 seconds; pole aulting, J. B. Waller, Princeton, and F. H. Lee, Columbia, tied at 9 feet...