Word: thirdly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Each player is required to pay an assessment of one dollar and fifty cents to the secretary. The money obtained in this way will be expended in purchasing four raquets of equal value to be awarded as first, second, third and fourth prizes...
...success of the third winter meeting more than justifies the action of the Harvard Athletic Association in throwing open the events of this meeting to all members of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the M. I. T. This action was a decided innovation in Harvard athletics. The Association was doubtless influenced in this step by the desire, first, to return the courtesy which has been extended to Harvard athletes by other college associations; and, secondly, to make the meeting of more general interest. The remarkable success of Saturday's meeting proves that the plan is a move in the right...
...third winter meeting the of H. A. A. was a great success. A large crowd of spectators, including many ladies, had plenty of chances to show their enthusiasm over close and exciting contests. There were an unusually large number of entries for the events since about a dozen members of other colleges belonging to the Intercollegiate Athletic Association and of the Institute of Technology had availed themselves of the chance of contesting. The visitors made such good use of their strength and agility, that they carried off five first prizes and one second from the eight events...
...safety rope, a canvas was held underneath to catch the men if they fell. Only three out of the seven contestants appeared. C. E. Curry '89, won in 14 1-5 seconds, with H. French, M. I. T, second, in 18 1-4 seconds, and J. Crane Jr., '90, third in 20 1-4 seconds...
...Tenney, Yale, and R. G. Leavitt, '89. Tenney was the first to drop out at 5 feet 5 1-4 inches. From this point the contest was extremely interesting, for first one man and then another failed on his first trial, but cleared the bar on his second or third attempt. Lee dropped out on 5 7 1-4 inches; Shearman cleared 5 feet, 8 inches, and won, as Leavitt, whose best jump was 5 feet 7 1-4 inches, could not reach this height. The bar was then raised to 5 feet, 8 5-8 inches, when Shearman touched...