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...week from next Saturday the Harvard Athletic Association is to send a team to New Haven to enter the athletic meeting to be held in that city. The result of this meeting will be watched with great interest, because it will be in many ways an inter-collegiate contest, since men from various colleges, notably Yale and Harvard, will enter the events...
...management of the Athletic Association realizes the importance of this contest and has made an urgent appeal to every one to be at the gymnasium to night, either to witness or take part in the trial for candidates for the team. Men are to be sent to New Haven to enter the pole-vault, the running high jump, putting the shot and the mile walk contests, and it is strongly urged that all who can will enter the contest tonight, not only to stimulate others to do their best but to make it certain that the fittest men shall...
...SEELYE, Sec.H. A. A.- A contest will be held in the gymnasium Wednesday evening, Feb. 22, in the running high jump, pole vault, putting the shot, and mile walk. This contest is to decide upon the men to be sent to New Haven on the 2d and 3d of March. It is hoped by the management that the fellows will show their interest by a large attendance both of contestants and spectators...
...Yale's champion high kicker, has entered the hitch and kick contest. Wason, of Technology, will also enter. The running high jump will have entries from Harvard, Technology and the Union and Association gymnasiums. Wason, of Tech, is said to be able to jump 5 ft. 6 in. Tickets for the games are now on sales at Music Hall. The medals are on exhibition at the corner of Winter and Washington streets, Boston. The probabilities are that the games will be of great interest to college men and amateur athletics generally...
...large number of entries have been made for the sparring championship contest to be held in Music Hall, Boston, Feb. 27. Entries have been sent from Cambridge, Wakefield, Roslindale and Portsmouth, N. H. A great deal of interest has been manifested by the amateur sparrers of Boston, and each gymnasium will be represented by several men. The sparring weights are 125, 140 and 160 pounds limit for the feather, middle and lightweights. Only amateurs will be admitted to the competition. They entry book will be open till Friday, February 24, and all applications should be sent to the sectary...