Word: scratching
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...mile run for those who have never won a prize has been added to the list of contests at the Union Athletic Club games. Following is a corrected programme: Pole leaping; running high jump; one-mile run, scratch; one-mile run; seventy-five yard run, scratch, for those who have never taken a prize; bicycle slow race; one-mile bicycle race; two-mile bicycle race; bicycle club drill, by Crescent Club of Boston, twelve men; tugs of war, two classes, viz: military, teams of four men, any weight, boat club and athletic club teams of four men, 600 pounds; polo...
...Games on Monday last at Mott Haven, Mr. E. J. Wendell, '82, won the 120-yards scratch race in 12 3-5 sec., easily beating L. A. Stuart of the Knickerbocker A. C. Mr. T. J. Coolidge, '84 (8 yds. start), took second in the half-mile run handicap. The race was won by Montgomery (70 yds. start), of the Manhattan A. C. in 2 min. 2-5 sec., Coolidge finishing 12 yards behind...
...benefit of our jumpers, we would say, that the adoption of the National Association rules changes the manner of running broad jumping, and makes this event somewhat more difficult than under last year's rules. By the Association rules the competitor must take off behind the scratch, and the measurement will be taken from the scratch line to the first break of the ground made by any part of his person. Stepping over the line in an attempt will be "no jump," but will count as a "try." In the Intercollegiate rules the competitor was allowed to take off where...
...recur. During our long silence the most prominent athletic meeting which has been held was that of the Manhattan Athletic Club on Thanksgiving Day, in which connection we cannot pass over the wonderful running of Myers, the champion in the 100-yards handicap, without comment. Starting from scratch, on a track covered with snow, he finished only two inches behind J. B. White, Manhattan Athletic Club (4 yds.), the time taken by the slowest of the three watches held by an amateur being 10 seconds. The other two watches, held by two well-known representatives of the sporting press, each...
...second. Thompsen also took second prize in the hammer, with a record of 81 ft. 11 1/2 in.; and in the hop, step, and jump, with 40 ft. 9 in. to his credit. E. E. Merrill, the champion amateur walker of America, at one and three miles, started at scratch in the 2-mile (handicap) walk, but being over-handicapped, as well as out of condition, was only able to finish third. The race was won by Hosmer of the Boston Athletic Club (90 seconds start), in 16 min. 16 sec. H. W. Carnes, of the Brookline Athletic Club...