Word: halfway
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Holder, and G. H. Brewer, Brewer jumped 17 ft. 6 in., and Peck 17 ft. 5 1-2 inches, the former thus barely winning the prize. H. D. Hale won the half-mile run in 2 minutes 24 1-2 seconds. Homans, his competitor, suddenly stopping when about halfway around on the second lap. In the mile bicycle race there were three starters, J. A. Bailey, F. S. Dean, and H. M. Paul. The riders kept in the order named until the last lap, when Dssed Bailey apparently with no exertion at all, winning the race in 7 minutes...
...effect in the resolutions on athletics, it may be of as much value to learn what an amateur is according to the strict ruling. For by the ordinary custom it is acknowledged that a man who ceases to be an amateur becomes at once a professional. There is no halfway position. If the faculties should determine to hold strictly to this customary ruling our crew would find itself deprived of the services of their present efficient coach, and our faculty would be unable to prevent it if the others made up their minds on the point. This only goes...