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...been very unfortunate in this respect as most of the other college nines have had considerable practice already, and several games have been played. In these games the college nines have all made a very favorable showing, so much so that there can be no doubt that the contest this year will be one of even greater interest than has been the case in the past. The college clubs are as a rule far better than those of last year, and all are determined to make a hard fight for the lead. The rules of our faculty necessarily do much...
POLE VAULT.There was only one entry for this contest. P. R. Frothingham, '86, who thus had a walk over...
...HAND VAULT.The meeting opened very pleasantly with a vaulting contest. The bar was started at 5 feet 4 inches. Walsh, '84, Atkinson and O. S. Howard, '85, and Bachelder, L. S., were the entries. Howard and Bachelder went out at the same height leaving Walsh the winner, as Atkinson was only trying to break the record. In this he failed, only clearing 7 feet 1 1-4 inches. Walsh's record was 6 feet 9 1-2 inches...
POLE VAULT.For this there were only three men to contest. They were H. F. Mandell. '84 (red), C. M. Field, '84 (blue), and P. R. Frothingham, '86 (white). Mandell and Field are well-known vaulters, but Frothingham is new in the art. The bar was started at five feet six inches, which seemed unnecessarily low. The vaulting was not up to what it was been in some years, but the man who excelled in that sport graduated with '83. Frothingham was the first to fail, at 8 feet 7 1-2 inches. At 9 feet both the other contestants failed...
...were all alive when the ring contest was over at the prospect of a hard struggle for the tug-of-war championship. The delay before the teams appeared was not as great as usual. At Mr. Coolidge's request the andience remained seated and quiet. '87 won the toss and Cochrane the anchor took the north end of the hall. The men were soon in place, Simes, Gorham, Boyden, and Gilman (anchor) on the junior cleats and Olglesby, Litchfield, Remington and Cochrane (anchor), freshmen. With but little dalay Dr. Sargent gave the word when the tape was above the line...