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...have been held Monday afternoon but no one appeared. It is to be deeply regretted that '90 showed no interest in the organization of a team, for unless all the classes are to be represented at the winter meeting there cannot well be a tug-of-war contest, as a three sided competition is unfair for one of the teams. It is to be hoped that sufficient '90 men will come forward to organize. That there is good material is well known and it should certainly be incumbent on every available man to come forward. The management of the team...
...putting the shot contest there were thirty-nine entries but as many other events were in progress, it excited little attention save from men especially interested in this form of sport. The score is as follows: 1, Mitchell, N. J. A. C., handicap 1 foot, 41 feet, 41/2 iches; 2, Whitman, B. A. A.; 3, Giannini...
...been apparent. When sifted to the bottom much of the objection to tug-of-war seems to be in the manner of training. The candidates have been in the habit of preparing themselves by practice pulls which are in reality almost as much of a strain as the actual contests. Instead of this the men ought to undertake a regular system of exercise, just as much as runners or jumpers and, as we understand, this was the method of training proposed by the H. A. A. for this year. With such a change a great part of the objection...
...Contestants will be handicapped according to their known record; those whose ability is unknown will be handicapped at twenty-eight feet in the shot-putting contest, and at four feet and ten inches in the high jumping contest. 2. The winner in each contest will score as many points as there are men in that contest; the second man one less, etc.; every man scoring according to his position. 3. The handicaps of the contestants will be changed according to any improvement made over their former records.4. Those who win at the several contests will have their names upon...
...course, that there is enough cold weather to make good skating. So slight a matter as a difference of rules might easily be arranged by a meeting of delegates from the two clubs, and should not be permitted to prevent what would surely be an interesting and exciting contest. Meanwhile the warm weather still makes the game a mere speculative possibility...