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...University of Pennsylvania and Yale. In the first round Harvard was pitted against Cornell, who got the drop by two inches, because Easton had too short a rope. Harvard easily pulled it away, and when time was called the ribbon was 18 inches on Harvard's side of the scratch. The second round brought the Harvard team face to face with Yale who, having drawn a bye before, were perfectly fresh. Harvard won the drop by one inch and then heaved and obtained eight inches in all. They then waited for Yale to heave, but the blues failed to make...
HARVARD '87 VS. EXETER.The freshman, after two postponements, played the Exeter Academy nine at Exeter yesterday. With the exception of the first and fifth innings, the freshmen played a very good game. The Academy nine did some steady work. Of their hits three were scratch ones. The heaviest batting was done by Wiestling, Litchfield, Willard and Williams. Loud turned his ankle in the eighth innings in sliding upon second base. The score follows...
...George of the Mosely harriers, beat the amateur two-mile record (his own, 9m. 25 3-5s), at a late meeting of the London Athletic Club. Starting at the scratch against 25 competitors, he ran the distance...
THROWING THE HAMMER.Four men entered for this event, all of whom came to the scratch, namely, A. L. McRae, S. S., E. E. Allen, '84, J. J. Roberts, '86, D. B. Chamberlain, '86. The throwing was somewhat wild, and after a prolonged contest the first place was gained by Allen, '84, with a throw of 80 feet, and McRae a fair second, with 75 feet, 10 inches. While the hammer was thrown...
...yards dash for members of '85. Two men, Billings and Brandt came to the scratch. Brandt is a new man, but Billings has run in several races. Billings won in the fast time of 10 1-2 seconds. Next came the mile walk for freshmen, which was contested by Bemis and Shattuck. Bemis led throughout and won easily, as his opponent seemed to weaken near the finish. The time, 4 min., 47 sec., was the best which has been made at Harvard for some years...