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...third trial. The bar was then put up to 5 feet 9 1/2 inches; Soren and Harriman failed three times. Atkinson on his second jump cleared the bar in beautiful form thus beating by 1 1/4 inches the best college, and by 1/2 inch the best amateur record in the country...
...lead followed closely by the other contestants, but the pace Morison set was too much for the others and by the second lap he had a long lead with the other contestants strung along for a distance of a hundred yards. It was expected that Morison would beat the record but he had a strong wind against him on the home stretch and no contestant was near enough to urge him. He crossed the line in the fine time of 4 minutes 38 3-5 seconds, within a second of the record, and beating his own record by two-fifths...
There were eight entries for the running broad jump. Soren covered 20 feet 6 inches and won first prize; Mapes, '85, of Columbia, second. The record was somewhat impaired by the wind...
...chances are certainly good; our prospects for the ball game have improved greatly since the Brown game, and there ought to be little doubt as regards the result of the lacrosse game. We hope that in all three of the events Harvard may make a record of which we may well be proud...
...fine man at the quarter, and will doubtless be a candidate at the inter-collegiate games for that event. In the half mile, Yale has lost Kirkham who was her representative last year at Mott Haven. Halsay will go in his place. He was successful in breaking the Yale record on Saturday in 2m. 6 1/4 sec. In the mile run Carr will enter as our representative. In both the half and quarter mile races we can at best expect but second prizes. It was expected for some time we should enter Rudington for the hurdle race, but he will...