Word: cinder
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Only four men went down on the team, which consisted of G. Newell '98, D. Grant '99, A. W. Blakemore '97, and C. H. Williams '98. The men have been practicing on the cinder track on Holmes Field, so it is hoped that they will make a good showing. Grant and Newell have been running well in indoor games during the winter, and are in good condition. Blakemore and Williams are both good men, but are somewhat slower than Grant and Newell...
Cady equalled his record of 16 seconds for the 120 yard hurdles on the cinder track. Hatch of Yale surpassed his best previous record of 162/5s...
...turf race the hurdles were stationary, being firmly imbedded in the ground. This is English style, and the general opinion is that the Americans should adopt it, for there is much less danger running on turf than on a cinder path...
Hurdles, one on cinder and one on turf, L. E. Pikington and W. M. Fletcher...
...yards hurdle race, which will be run both upon the grass and upon the cinder path, will be watched with great interest, as, in a measure, deciding the much mooted question of the relative speed of the American and English styles. The English style is on the turf, over hurdles firmly fixed in the ground, which bring the runner to sudden grief, if he comes in contact with them. This is radically different from the American style of loose hurdles set up on the cinder path. Englishmen claim that it is necessary to jump higher at the English style...