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...entered in the open events, and among the spectators there was a large number of Harvard men. Mr. Walter Soren, '83, was the referee of the meeting, and G. S. Mandell, '89, and R. S. Hale, '91, were the judges. Following is a summary of the events and winners: Rope-climbing-Meehan, '90, time 8s.; fence vault-Cummings, '89, 6 ft. 6 in., breaking the school record by one and three-quarters inches; high kick-Cummings, '89, walkover; featherweight sparring-Atherton, '92. In the running high jump, three Harvard men had entered, but only one appeared at the scratch...
...second meeting, March 23, the events are as follows: Feather-weight sparring (125 1bs.), bantam-weight sparring (115 1bs.), flying rings, horizontal bar, broad-sword, fencing, and final tug-of-war. At the third meeting, March 30-Polevault, running high jump, standing high jump, running high kick, rope-climbing, parallel bars, two-handed fence-vault, and tug-of-war limit (600 1bs.), will be contested...
...attendance at the gymnasium contests at Yale Tuesday evening was remarkably large. The tug-of-war between the Yale and Second Regiment teams was unusually exciting. At the end of one minute the mark was even; at two, the Second Regiment had the rope by half an inch; at three, by three-quarters; at four, by one-quarter; the Yale team then made a strong brace, and when time was called, the mark was even. The Yale team was made up as follows: 1, Crall; 2, Veeder; 3, Lowe; anchor, Hanson...
...team last year, but as the other two candidates are doing good work it is by no means certain that the old team will not be changed. Perry, who will anchor the team, made his first appearance yesterday, and his presence added materially to the practice of the rope...
...with the exception of Perry, have been training steadily for the past week, and intend to allow about an hour every day up to the time of the winter meetings for pulling on the rope and exercising with the chest-weights. Though '89 in former years has been unsuccessful in her attempts to win the laurel for the tug-of-war contests, she will not lose it this year without a more severe effort than ever before...