Word: tediousness
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...Athletic Association took place on Oct. 28 last, proving highly successful. By invitation, three Harvard representatives attended the meeting, and every thing possible was done by the McGill men to make them feel welcome. The morning was devoted to events like the hammer, shot, jumping, &c., which often become tedious, owing to the large number of trials required, leaving the afternoon entirely free for the running and walking races, which called forth a much larger assemblage of spectators. Wendell, '82, succeeded in winning the 100-yards dash in 10 1/3 sec., thus bettering the American College record at that distance...
...there be two classes according to the weight of the men, say, over and under a hundred and fifty pounds. Then prescribe a minimum weight of clubs for each class and a fixed time for each man to swing. This would make this event decidedly more interesting and less tedious. The other criticism is on the announcing of the heights as the bar is moved, as was done in the running jump. It is not fair to the jumpers, and it is not needed by the spectators. If a man is accustomed in practice to reach only a certain height...