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Feather-weight wrestling (under 118 pounds); light-weight wrestling, 118-140 pounds); middle-weight wrestling (140-158 pounds); heavy-weight wrestling (over 158 pounds); spring board jump, running high jump, putting 16 pound shot...
...beat Mr. Sherrill's remarkable performance. G. R. Gray, of the New York Athletic Club broke many records at putting the shot during the summer, and at the Amateur Athletic meeting held in New York last Saturday, he succeeded in breaking the record for putting the twenty-four-pound shot by eight inches. His throw was 33 feet, 3 inches, and he has made equally wonderful records in putting the twelve and fifteen-pound shots. His first trial was with the twelve-pound shot which he hurled 50 feet, 6 inches, beating the best previous record by several feet...
...entries for the running high jump number forty-seven, and among them is the name of Shearman of Yale. In the half-mile run, Harmar, of Yale, and Dohm, of Princeton, will contest. Princeton will have another representative in Janeway, who has entered for putting the 24-pound shot. Dohm and Robinson will also compete in the quarter-mile run, among almost fifty others. There are forty-four entries for the standing broad jump, thirty-one for the mile walk, twenty-five for the 220-yard hurdle race, and an exceedingly large number for the bicycle races. Twelve...
...rule pursued in these meetings in regard to the question of sparring, is, I believe, to make the class known as the featherweight, include all men whose weight is, or under, 125 pounds. To a person unaccustomed to the ring a matter of four or five pounds in the difference in weight of the two contestants is of no moment. A difference of a few pounds in the weight of two heavyweights would not be considered of much importance; but this disparity in the case of featherweights is of the greatest moment. The difference in the comparative strength...
...would be very acceptable at the present time. But in addition to a reason which emanates from a desire to witness more sparring, there is a growing feeling among the lighter men that it is manifestly unfair to match two contestants against each other, one of whom is several pounds heavier than his opponent, especially in a class in which every pound counts. With the founding of our sparring club, this branch of athletics has taken a prominent place among our indoor sports, and is undoubtedly the most interesting feature of our winter meetings. Therefore we ask the managers...