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...mile walk McLaughlin, W. H. S., took the lead at the start. By the half mile mark he was thirty yards ahead of the second man, but after that Norton, Hop., began to cut down his lead inch by inch till, as they entered the home stretch, there was scarcely fifteen feet between them; but McLaughlin was too strong for him and finished first in 7 m. 36 1-5 sec., beating the old record by 20 1-5 sec. Johnson, W. A., was third...
...origin in an Interscholastic Athletic Association which was formed during the winter or 1885-86, between Hopkinson's School, The Roxbury Latin School and St. Mark's. This association held three meetings, two at Southboro' in 1886 and 1888, and one in Boston in 1887. Roxbury won two and Hopkinson...
...resignation of St. Mark's, however, in the winter of 1888-89, the association was left with but two schools in it, and the prospect of future success was not bright. At this juncture several Harvard men came forward, noticeably G. S. Mandell '89, then captain of the Mott Haven team, and R. S. Hale '91, one of the formers of the original association. and reorganized the association on a larger scale. Money was raised for a cup, the association was made really representative of the New England schools, and in the spring of 1889 the first meeting...
...jump, with an actual jump of 21ft. 10 in. This eqals the former Harvard record. T. Richardson '94 was first in the 100 yards with a handicap of six yards; time 10 1-5s. G. F. Brown Jr., '92, won third place from the 3 1-2 yard mark. Brown was pocketed and spiked in the finals, but the foul was not allowed. S. Wells, Jr. '91, came in a close third in the quarter mile from the 12 yard mark. The winner's time was 51 1-5s. Wells had a lame ankle and was badly used...
...secs., and the final time 24 4-5 secs., breaking the former record, made by Lee at the intercollegiate games last year, by nine-twentieths of a second. Lee ran in beautiful form and found time to speak on the way to the time keeper at the 110 yard mark...