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...scoffing herd that the missile is not always seen to fall; but that is a detail.) Now a very slight irregularity where the ball pitches will affect the course which the ball afterwards follows; a ball which would break strongly if the ground were smooth where it fell, may have the break quite taken off by a slight irregularity, or, on the other hand, the break may be doubled...
...services at the decoration of the tablets in Memorial Hall, by Charles Beck Post 56, G. A., will take place on the morning of Memorial Day, Monday, May 30th, at 8 o'clock. The services will include a short oration commemorative of the Harvard men who fell in the late war. The address will be delivered by George F. Piper, a graduate of Harvard and a comrade of Post 56. The students of Harvard are most cordially invited to be present on the occasion. It is hoped that the Harvard men of the present generation, proud of the record...
...Endicott, Jr., W. Myers, E. Sturgis and P. K. Brown. Myer led for the first 220 yards, at a rattling pace, but Endicott passed him on the last turn and won in 53 1-2 seconds. Myer made a plucky race for second place with Sturgis, and fell across the finish line about a foot ahead...
RUNNING HIGH JUMP (HANDICAP).The following were the entries in this event: H. Swain, '88 (9 inches); H. L. Clark, 87 (scratch); E. H. Rogers, '87 (5 inches); A. T. Dudley, '87; A. T. Perkins, '87; F. M. Brooks, '89. Perkins and Swain did not compete. Dudley fell out first, unable to jump 4 feet 6 inches. Brooks was the next to fail, when the bar was at 4 feet 10 3-4 inches. The contest between Rogers and Clark was quite interesting. Rogers did not run much, but took the leap almost on a walk. He jumped 5 feet...
...contestants so as to prevent any one having the advantage of a bye, one bout of the feather - weight sparring was decided Saturday. A. C. Coolidge, '87, and E. W. Grew, '89. were drawn for this meeting. The first round opened smartly, although more than half of the blows fell short and those that did reach the mark had little strength in them. Grew did not seem to have command of the situation and ducked in a very tempting manner. Coolidge took advantage of this and landed several upper-cuts, without, however, swinging his body into them...