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...preliminary races of the classes were held yesterday on Holmes Field. This is the first time that the new track has been put to actual use and records made upon it, everything hitherto being but practice and not counting as a record. The times made were good and the track gives good satisfaction. The number of spectators was small, as is usually the case at these preliminary meetings. Besides, yesterday many were attracted in town by the desire to see the class races. Mr. T. J. Coolidge, '84, had the races in charge and acted as starter. The order...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE H. A. A. CLASS GAMES. | 5/14/1884 | See Source »

...last games of the Young America cricket club, W. B. Page, of the University of Pennsylvania, tied the American amateur record of 5 feet, 9 inches, in the running high jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/13/1884 | See Source »

...races are always rowed with the tide; but as east winds are very common, very few races have been rowed on this course in less than eleven minutes. Last year the '83 crew won easily in 11.30 and the year before last '82 won in 12.43. The best record is 9.4, made by the '84 freshman crew in its race with Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CALENDAR. | 5/10/1884 | See Source »

Three home runs in a single game is a record that has seldom been surpassed on Jarvis Field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 5/8/1884 | See Source »

...played a loose fielding game with the exception of Taylor and Kimball, the latter of whom played a most brilliant game, putting out nine men in left field. their batting was not very heavy, but they succeeded in bunching their hits to great advantage. Sullivan and Stuart led the record. Harvard's fielding was not as good as one might have hoped to see, but Baker played a fine game and Allen and Winslow did well. their batting was very heavy and would have been much more effective, had it not been for the magnificent fielding of Kimball. Phillips...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE BALL. | 5/8/1884 | See Source »