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Pennypacker, '88, won the shot with a put of 35 ft. 10 1 2 in., an improvement of 4 in. over his best previous record. Gibson, '88, was second with 34 ft. 5 1-2 in.,- 2 ft. 6 in. better than his record...
...recent meeting of the Yale Athletic Association, H. G. Shearman, '89, broke the Yale record in the running high jump, clearing 5 ft. 7 1 2 in. In the meetings this year Harvard will miss H. L. Clarke, '87, who made the best Harvard record with a jump of 5 ft. 10 3-4 in. Much depends on the tug-of-war teams this year, as the winning of this event at Mott Haven will aid greatly in bringing the cup to Harvard...
...Yale's weekly meeting on Tuesday evening, H. G. Shearman, '89, broke the Yale record in the running high jump with a jump of 5 feet 7 1-2 inches...
...Root, Dalzell, and Dickerman, '91, S., are training with the University nine. The men are an unusually good set, and the competition for positions will he uncommonly close. F. C. Huntington, who was recently elected temporary captain, is one of the most promising candidates, and judging from his past record as second-baseman for three years on the Exter nine, he will do credit to his class. All the men are at present exercising in a body. They run a short distance every day, besides doing general gymnasium work, using chest-weights, dumb-bells and Indian clubs. Until very recently...
...quarter-mile run Yale is weak, and the race will lie between Banks, of Columbia, who holds the world's record at that distance, and Wells, of Harvard, who is remarkably fast and will push Banks very closely for first place. In the half-mile run, too, Yale is pretty weak, and unless some new man turns up this event will go to Cogswell, of Harvard, who was entered in the fall games last year, or Faries, of the U. of P. Both of these men are strong runners at that distance and the winner will have to make good...