Word: amateurs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...WARBURTON, who lately lowered the ten-mile amateur record in England, is willing to take pound 300 to pound 30, that he beats the record at ten, twenty, and thirty miles, commencing with the longer distances...
...been disgusted with, the Hanlan-Courtney fiasco. Ross added one more defeat to his already long list, being easily defeated by Riley, in a race rowed on the Thames, October 21. Merrill and Duffy carried off the prizes in the three-mile walk and one-mile run, at the Amateur Championship of Canada Meeting, October...
...note was read from several gentlemen of Lowell, asking for Harvard's concurrence in the formation of a New England amateur rowing association. The matter was referred to the Executive Committee...
...fourth annual amateur sports were held at Mott Haven, September 27. The track was in excellent condition, but the weather was a trifle too cold for many "best on records." Two men, however, succeeded in beating the records in their respective races. L. E. Myers, M. A. C., won the half-mile easily from a good field, in 2 minutes 1 2/5 seconds, thus beating the record made by E. Merritt, who did the distance in 2 minutes 2 4/5 seconds. The record in the three-mile run was beaten by P. J. McDonald, I. A. A. C.; time...
AUGUST 20th, at the Capitoline Grounds, Brooklyn, in the games of the Putnam Athletic Club, the well-known amateur sprinter, W. C. Wilmer, broke his leg at the finish of the one-hundred-yards race. The ground beyond the end of the sprinting course is a steep embankment, and Wilmer could not stop himself in time to avoid injury. This accident is much to be regretted, as Wilmer will of course be kept off the cinder-path for the rest of the season, and will not be able to compete against the English amateur sprinters who will soon visit...