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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University fall handicap games were held on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. An encouraging feature was the unusually large number of entries. On the whole, the performances were satisfactory, but on account of the raw weather, the men were not at their best. Good records were made, however, in the half-mile, quarter-mile and mile. Except in the mile run, the finishes were fairly close. The pole vault was postponed and the broad jump left unfinished on account of darkness. Following is the summary...
...kicking contest was indefinitely postponed yesterday afternoon since several of the best kickers were unable to enter the contest on account of injuries...
...defence concentrated their efforts at the point of attack to great advantage. The second team tried about twelve plays against the line but failed to gain any ground. The first eleven gained almost at will through the line, but fumbling and poor interference marred the end running. On account of the Columbia game today, only one fifteen minute period was played. The most encouraging work of the day, beside that of the first team's line, was in the punting and drop-kicking. In the preliminary practice Kernan and Stillman made an average of fifty yards on their punts...
...abstract of the Republican platform with extracts from the more important planks, and that part of Roosevelt's letter of acceptance which deals with the question of imperialism are printed as a declaration of the principles of the Republican party. Among the other articles may be mentioned, an account of the Republican club meeting Wednesday night and a summary of the requirements for student voters in Cambridge...
...encouraging. Of last year's team G. C. Clark, Jr., '01, J. G. Averill, L. S., C. T. Richardson '02, C. R. Henderson '02, W. Wadsworth '02, and H. Lindsley '02, substitute, are still in College and are eligible. Richardson, however, will be prevented from playing this fall on account of a recent operation for appendicitis. Among the other promising players now in College are W. W. Hoffman, Jr., '02, winner of the President's Cup in the Lenox Tournament, A. M. Brown '03, W. B. Wood '02, T. D. Emory '02, and G. M. Wheelock '01, substitute...