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...Jersey Athletic Club games at Bergen Point on Saturday, O. W. Shead '93 won first place in the broad 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...
Throwing the hammer.- Won by Finlay, Harvard; distance 107 ft. 7 1-2 in. This throw creates a new intercollegiate record, the best previous record being 98 ft. 6 in., made by A. B. Coxe. Yale '87. Evins, Harvard, second, 103 ft. 4 in.; Jefferson, Princeton, third...
Running high jump.- Won by Fearing, Harvard; height, 6 ft. Another new intercollegiate record. Sherwin and Green, Harvard, tied for second place, 5 ft. 9 in. Sherwin won the toss and second place...
Running broad jump.- Won by V. Mapes, Columbia; distance, 22 ft. 11 1-4 in.; this jump breaks all previous records, the best having been the collegiate record, 22 ft. 9 1-4 in. J. Hale, Harvard, second, 21 ft. 11 3-4 in., and Green, Harvard, third...
...Ryder of Yale vaulted for a record after the regular competition had closed, and made 10 ft. 9 3-4 in., beating the best previous intercollegiate record by 2 3-4 inches...