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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1899)
(27) pionship and has the congratulation of both students and faculty. The following is a list of events and records: Hand-ball tournament, singles—Biering. Hand-ball tournament, doubles—Biering and Bittle. Tennis tournament, singles—Beall. Tennis tournament, doubles—Beall and Davis. High kick, standing—Kendall, 7 ft. 2 in. High kick, hitch and kick—Barnes, 8 ft. 3 in. Putting 12-lb. shot—Neff, 36 ft. 6 in. Putting 16-lb. shot—Neff, 31 ft. 7 1-2 in. 100 yds. dash—Simpson O., 10 1-2 sec. 220 yds. dash—Beall, 26 1-2 sec. Throwing 12-lb. hammer—Boettcher, 92 ft. 3 1-4 in. Throwing 16-lb. hammer—Boettcher, 75 ft. 7 in. 440 yds. race —McGinnis, 1 min. 2 sec. Throwing Discus—Sterns, 83 ft. 11 in. 880 yds. run—Beall, 2 min. 32 sec. Standing broad jump—Garrett T. 9 ft. 9 1-2 in. Running broad jump—Beall 17 ft. 3 1-2 in. Standing high jump—Simpson O, 4 ft. 2 in. Running high jump—Brown R. 4 ft. 10 in. Running hop, step and jump—Beall, 38 ft. 9 in. One mile run—McGinnis, 6 min. 44 sec. One mile walk—Kyle, 11 min. 1 3-8 sec. Vaulting with pole—Beall, 9 ft. 7 in. Throwing base ball—Baumgarten, 292 1-2 ft. Three-legged race—Prell and Garrett, 16 3-5 sec. Hurdle race—Boettcher, 17 sec. Relay race—3rd class. Tug of war—4th class.
