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Yesterday afternoon in the Metropolitan Rowing Association Regatta, the Weld Boat Club Crew defeated the Riverside Boat Club junior eight by about a length and a half. The course was a mile and a half straight-away and the time was 9m. 40s. The conditions were favorable, what little wind there was being slightly astern, while the water was fairly smooth and the tide was just at the flood. The race was one of the most exciting of the afternoon and at no time were the crews more than two lengths apart. The Weld Crew rowed in very good form...
Below are given the records of the fifty strongest men in the University made during the year ending June 10, 1896, in accordance with the system adopted at the Hemenway Gymnasium. These points are reckoned as follows: The number of kilos. lifted with the back and legs straight, and the number of kilos. lifted with the legs bent, added to the strength of the grip of the right and left hands, expiratory power as tested by the manometer, and one-tenth of the weight in kilos. multiplied by the number of times that the person can raise his weight...
...game lacked excitement, except in the sixth, when Pennsylvania went in with the score 7 to 4 against them. Lucas got a hit and came straight home on errors by McCall and Galbraith. Then Mains struck out Watt. Higgins and Robinson got their bases safely, and were on third and second respectively, owing to errors by Thompson and Litchfield. There was but one out, so a single would tie the score. Mains settled down and struck out the next two men. This ended both the scoring and the sharp playing...
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., May 23.- Williams completely outclassed Dartmouth in the championship tennis doubles this afternoon, winning three straight. The score was 6-1, 6-4, 6-0. The players were, Perry and Deming, for Williams, and O'Brien and Cummings for Dartmouth...
...large crowd witnessed the finals in the tennis tournament which were played yesterday afternoon on the Carey court. Whitman had little trouble in defeating Thomas in three straight sets, as Thomas played very badly most of the time. A strong wind was blowing across the court and made good lobbing impossible. Thomas did not run up on his service as much as he usually does, while Whitman came up whenever possible and his net play was the feature of the match. Whitman at times used a reverse service which bothered Thomas very much...