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...trial was in the 100 yards dash. G. F. Brown, '92, and E. B. Bloss, '94. were contestants, and the race was close and exciting to the very finish, Brown pulling out ahead in the last twenty yards, and winning in 10 1-5 sec. This beat the former record of 10 2-5 sec., held by W. L. Thompson, '93. Later in the afternoon another trial was held, but it was not successful, Brown, who won, failing to go faster than...
...half-mile run, T. Spencer raced against time, with G. L. Batchelder, '92, as pace-make for the second quarter. Spencer showed beautiful form, and his long strides carried him through in 1 min. 58 2-5 sec., which was 1 min. and 4-5 sec. inside his own record...
...also, S. A. Coombs raced against time, but he ran himself out in the first 220, and failed to beat the club record of 51 sec. His time...
...poll-vault for distance, J. Crane (Harvard '90) vaulted against his own record of 23 ft. 4 in., which he raised to 26 ft. This is within a couple of inches of the world's record in this event, held by A. H. Green...
Bates was in the box for Harvard, and succeeded in pitching a very poor game for the first four innings. Four bases on balls, a couple of wild pitches, and six clean hits is a poor record for any game, even with professionals. On the other hand he struck out five of their stronger batters, and even Kelly himself. The rest of the team had their share in the poor playing, and made some inexcusable errors. When Highlands came in, in the fifth, Harvard took a brace, and played a much stronger game. The Bostons were unable to score again...