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When Finlay's last throw with the hammer was measured last Saturday, the tape, being a cloth one, was wet, and stretched perceptibly when drawn taut. The throw, measured accurately with a steel tape yesterday by Mr. Lathrop, proved to be 108 feet, 9 inches...
...enthusiastic at this, considering that they were now pretty well soaked by a hard rain. Sherrill is said to have broken a tendon in his leg in his attemps to come in first. The time of this race was only 10 3-5 sec., as the track was very wet. Lasell won third place. The two preliminary heats in the 2 mile bicycle race were each ridden by two Harvard men against one Yale man. In the first, Davis and O. B. Hawes of Harvard, and W. B. Wade of Yale, did very slow work as nobody wanted...
...with Endicott second and Brackett third. Bardeen managed to leae last place to Yale without any trouble. The 440 yards dash was a remarkably good race. Wright of Harvard showed beautiful form, taking first place in 52 sec., which was very fair time with so wet a footing. As the other men neared the last turn, Mullins of Harvard began pulling up steadily on the other men, and he finally passed all but Wright and finished a good second, Jones of Yale being thereby relegated to third place...
...wet on the field by this time that the officials decided that the running high jump had better be contested in the Carey Building. There was only one Yale man in this and he failed to take a place. Fearing and Green had several ties and at last matched for first place, which went to Green. Chaney of Harvard took third place...
...Dickinson, 1b.; Frothingham '93, 2b.; Brown '92, 3b.; Soule, s. s.; Mackie, Hallowell and Bates in the field. Second nine-Guerin, c.; Spalding and Veazie, p.; Trafford and Howe, 1b.; Wood, 2b.; Cook, 3b.; Chase, s. s.; Frothingham '94, Corbett and Neff in the field. The field was wet and slippery, so the play was about as bad as it could be. But it is out door work that the men need, and Captain Dean is very fortunate to get his men out so early this year...