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...varsity games which were held on Saturday proved very successful. The attendance was good, the track in fine condition and the weather favorable to fast time although rather threatening. In almost all the track events the time was fast and all the contests were close and exciting. Two records were broken; the mile run, which Coolidge won in 4m. 30 4/5s., and the hammer throwing, in which Johnstone did 108 ft. 8 in. This was not remarkable however, for hitherto the hammer has been thrown from a stand...
...quarter furnished one of the most exciting races of the afternoon. Marshall set a very hot pace, and until the home stretch was reached had a lead of about ten yards on Bingham. At the finish he weakened, but managed to win by a few inches in fast time...
...mile run, and break the record by several seconds, and he probably would have done this if he had run with more judgment. As it was he soon left the field and gained a lead of 50 yards in the first two laps. The pace proved to be too fast, however, and Coolidge, who was running in fine form, passed him and won by 10 yards, with Emerson the same distance behind Newell...
Burke of the Boston Athletic Association covered the quarter in the very fast time of 49 2/5s. Just before his race he had covered the 230 in very fast time...
...yesterday, but spent the time in rigging the new shell. As yet it is impossible to judge the value of the new boat, and nothing can be determined until the crew takes a time row. The boat is unusually steady, but whether it is fast or not is not yet known...