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Brinley, the tennis player of Trinity, took the second prize in the annual oratorical contest in that college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/3/1887 | See Source »

...first Ladies' Day. It had been proposed to transfer it to the first meeting, which would have brought all the sparring on one already over-crowded day, and also would have unjustly handicapped men who might wish to enter not only the feather-weight, but also the light-weight contests. A number of arguments have been urged, to be sure, against having any boxing on a Ladies' Day, the chief of which was that no lady could with propriety witness the sport. Such an argument is, we may say, puerile; for a feather-weight match properly conducted is merely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/3/1887 | See Source »

...first contest in shot-putting and pole-vaulting will take place in the gymnasium at 3 p.m. to-day. All who intend to compete must be on hand at that time. These competitions will take place every Saturday until the first of April. A first prize will be given in each of the events for the best combined score in height and distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 2/26/1887 | See Source »

Yale has received a challenge from the Columbia Tug-of-War Team to pull under the rules of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association. The challenge will be accepted and the contest will take place in New Haven on March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/24/1887 | See Source »

...surplus of $50 accruing from the class ball in a gold medal. The medal is to be known as the Eighty-eight Junior Ball Committee Medal, and is to be competed for annually. The winner, who is to be the best general athlete, holds the medal until the contest of the following year when he delivers it to the athletic council, and the council again awards it to the successful athlete of that year. The medal is a fine one, and will be finished in a few days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1887 | See Source »

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