Word: withdrawn
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...prospects had grave doubts as to the propriety of challenging Harvard at all, and they should have been heeded. Instead of that, they were told to make a virtue of necessity and ratify the challenge. Now, we are equally surprised by the news that the Navy Directors have withdrawn the challenge to Harvard, and upon their own responsibility. Doubtless the withdrawal of the challenge was proper enough, but the way it was done was not. If the voice of the students is worth anything, it is of importance in such steps as these. The challenge, having been given...
...Cornell Navy has withdrawn its challenge to our Boat Club, on the pretence that it is indignant because that challenge has not yet been formally accepted. The indignation may seem natural enough to those who do not know that an informal letter was written some time since to the Cornell boating authorities by the Secretary of the Harvard University Boat Club, stating that circumstances prevented his sending the formal acceptance at that time, but assuring the Cornell men that the challenge would doubtless be accepted very shortly. The members of this University may naturally wish to know what reasons have...
Bicycle Handicap. - Mile heats, best two in three. Out of the four entries three only came to the scratch, Swan, '82 (scratch man), Parker, '80 (15 yards), Sturgis, '81 (50 yards), Tubbs, '79 (200 yards), having withdrawn. This was the most exciting feature of the day. They all got well away, and for the first lap maintained nearly their relative positions. On the second lap Parker lost ground a little, and Swan began creeping up. Parker soon fell behind, and it was evident he was suffering from the effects of a recent fall. Swan gradually but surely decreased the distance...
Running Broad Jump was withdrawn, as there was but one entry...
Bicycle Race (2d heat) brought Sturgis and Swan out, Parker having withdrawn. The race was almost an exact repetition of the first heat. Swan gained steadily, and they scored down the last hundred yards very evenly. Swan won this heat by two yards...