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...junior class is the only probable "first" man left to hold up Yale's end. That Mr. Coxe will do this in the hammer-throwing is pretty generally acknowledged, and there are many who assert that he will throw the hammer several feet beyond the best on record. He is doing some pretty fair work in his practice at putting the 16-pound shot, and it would not be surprising if his competitors in this event at the games were to be treated to a grievous surprise...
...first place. F. R. Smith. '86, and L. Bradner, Jr., '89, are about the only men now working at the half-mile run. Both get around the track at about a 2.08 gait. It is just seven and one-fifth seconds slower than the inter-collegiate record, however...
...Chamberlain will try to beat the Harvard record of 37 feet, putting the 16 lb. shot, and will use an iron shot...
...running high jump Saturday, Mr. H. L. Clark will try to beat the gymnasium record of 5 ft. 9 in. made by him last Saturday...
...third student: "When did Theodophilus live?" "Neither before nor after Christ!" "You are right, young man!" said the professor. "There never was any such man as Theodophilus." It was one of the little historical traps that Sophocles liked to set for the budding wisdom of Harvard. - Boston Record...