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...pound shot-put.--Won by H. R. hardwick '15; second, R. R. Cowen '16; third, J. C. Talbot '15. Distance, 39 feet, 10 1-2 inches...
Quinn's greatest athletic specialty was trick and fancy skating, and before coming to Harvard he filled several public engagements in exhibitions. Although Quinn weighed only 140 pounds and was only 5 feet, 8 inches tall, he had many good track records. He was a sprinter as well as a weight thrower and jumper. His records, some of them unofficial, include the following: broad jump, 24 ft., 1-8 in.; high jump, 6 ft., 1 58 in.; pole-vault, 11 ft., 4 in.; high hurdles, 16 3-5 sec.; 100-yard dash, 10 3-5 sec.; 440-yard dash...
Three years ago Coach Quinn while throwing the 56-pound weight, received abdominal injuries from which he never recovered. His condition became serious during the fall, and at the end of the track practice he went to Virginia for a short vacation. On his return to Cambridge he was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital, but a month ago his physicians gave up hope of his recovery, and Quinn returned to his home. He declined steadily until his death yesterday morning
...University wrestling team will meet the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Technology gymnasium this evening at 8 o'clock. There will be an admission charge of twenty-five cents. The following entries have been made from the University squad: 115-pound class, T. T. Mora '13; 125-pound class, H. B. Goodfriend '14, E. H. Whitney '15; 135-pound class, J. S. Zinssen '16; 145-pound class, W. E. Griffiths '14, E. Swigert '15; 158-pound class, W. R. Tyler '14 (captain), G. N. Brennan '15; heavy-weight, J. F. Stambaugh '13. Two pounds allowance will be given...
...work; nor of the price of first serial rights disposed of to the great Eastern publishing houses; second rights to the Indiana Humble Bee, for example; sometimes third serial rights in the far Northwest; rights for dramatic production; rights for the cheap reprint to be given away with a pound of tea; and finally rights for reproduction in the "Movies...