Word: york
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...second place. Mr. Stoll, of Staten Island Athletic Club, gave an exhibition of rope climbing, making the 35 feet in 10 1-5 seconds. There was only one bout in heavy weight wrestling, contested by Huston, '89, and Pierson, '90, won by Huston. Mr. Molineux of the New York Athletics, and amateur champion of America, won the horizontal bar, after an exhibition of very difficult feats, with Mr. Stoll a good second. In the middle weight wrestling the first bout was won by Homans, '92, who threw Shields, '91, and later threw Curren, '92, in the second bout...
...meeting, the shot contest, was in some respects the most important of the afternoon, on account of its bearing on the Mott Haven games next spring. Jane-way put the shot 38 feet, 8 inches, which entitles him to be looked upon as a candidate for honors in New York next spring, but owing to the more than liberal handicaps, Brownlee, '89, took first place with a throw of 35 feet, 2 inches, and a handicap of 5 feet, while Hill, '90, gained second prize on a put of 35 feet, 5 inches and a handicap of 4 feet...
...Trinity College alumni held their seventh annual dinner at Delmonico's, New York, on Monday night. Over one hundred men were present. Among those who spoke were Rev. Dr. Parker, graduate of Oxford University, and Samuel L. Clemens...
...seventh annual convention of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity was held at New York last Saturday under the auspices of the New York alumni association...
...wish to call attention to the article from the New York Post on the first page of today's issue. In view of the recommendations of the Overseers and the discussion they have aroused, it will prove interesting...