Word: winters
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...third of the last winter meetings will be held this afternoon. The entries for all the events are very numerous, and it is assured that all the events will be well contested...
...event marks a great advance in Harvard indoor athletics. The meetings in former years have had a purely local interest and have failed to arouse any great enthusiasm. The plan inaugurated by today's meeting, if successful now, will undoubtedly be continued and will give the Harvard winter meetings an important place in intercollegiate athletics...
...third winter meeting will be open to all members of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association. There are consequently a large number of entries and prospects for an unusually interesting meeting. The entries are as follows: Pole vault, T. G. Sheraman, Yale A. A, C. M Weld, Columbia A. A, R. G Leavitt, H. A. A. Running high kick, G. Rublee, L. S, L. C Watson, M. I. T. Parallel bars-G. H. Oakey, M. S, G. H. Leonard, '92, W. F. Pillsbury, '89. W. H. McLellan, '91, H. R. Allen, '92, Hartshorne, Columbia. Standing high jump-S. Crook, Williams...
...second winter meeting, held on Saturday, was marked by one of the poorest as well as one of the best sparring bouts held in the gymnasium this year. The Athletic Association is always ready to urge new men to come forward, and it offers every means in its power by which the standard of indoor and outdoor athletics may be raised. An exhibition, however, like the first one in sparring on Saturday, which was devoid of every appearance of the slightest scientific excellence, cannot help but have an effect opposed to the purposes for which the meetings are held...
...large proportion of ladies were present at the second winter meeting of the H. A. A., but on the whole, the attendance was small. There were but few entries for most of the events and not a great deal of enthusiasm was aroused among the spectators. As it was impossible to follow the order of events on the program, W. F. Pills bury, '89, opened the meeting with an excellent exhibition on the flying rings. He performed many difficult feats with grace and precision...