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...walked over the course. Herrick took the lead at the start and held it to the finish. At the end of the first lap his lead amounted to 20 yards. At the finish he was fully three-fourths of a lap ahead. He won in 7 minutes, 52 3/4 seconds, with Baxter second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 5/23/1882 | See Source »

...first trial heat of the 100 yards dash, a dead heat, between Soren, '83, and Billings, '85, was run in 11 3/4 seconds. In the second heat, between Johnson, '85, Edmands, '84, and Wendell, '82, the record made was 10 1/2 seconds, won by Wendell, with Johnson second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 5/23/1882 | See Source »

...half-mile run was contested by Goodwin, '84, Taylor, '85, and Page, '83. Goodwin easily won in 2 minutes 5 1/4 seconds, running in excellent style and steadily increasing his lead throughout the heat. Taylor took second place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 5/23/1882 | See Source »

...generally seemed to be marked by lack of skill and practice. It can evidently be made a very graceful and enjoyable sport. Messrs. Denniston, '83, Kip, '83, Page, '83, Paulin, '83, Follansbee, '85, Leavitt, '82, and Cumming, '82, entered. Kip won by a throw of 82 feet, with Denniston second throwing 69 ft., 6 in. The best Greek record is said to be 90 feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 5/23/1882 | See Source »

...final heat of the 100 yards dash was between Wendell, '82, Johnson, '85, Billings, '85, and Soren, '83. It was closely contested, but was won by Wendell in 10 3/4 seconds. The best previous college record was made by Wendell a year ago on Jarvis (10 seconds). Johnson, '85, was second...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. A. A. | 5/23/1882 | See Source »