Word: cinder
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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from the walls. The floor will be of a composition consisting chiefly of clay and will be made as hard and true as possible. Outside the diamond will be a cinder running track of only 12 laps to the mile and at one end a gallery is to be constructed for the use of spectators...
...managers of the Athletic Union have authorized Mr. Spalding to have a one third of a mile cinder track laid out, and also a two hundred and twenty yards straightaway course. A grand-stand to seat 25,000 will be built...
...gratifying to note the number of candidates for the pole vault, as in previous years the interest in this contest was not very great. At present the men are training on the outdoor board track, but as soon as the weather permits, they will be out on the cinder path. Quite a number of men are entered in the games of the Roxbury Latin School and several men will compete at Worcester on March 4, but the games which will draw a very large number of Harvard entries are the scratch events given by the Technology on March 11. Many...
LelandStanford University has a canvas running track laid on felt, twenty-one laps to the mile, in the gymnasium and a straight way two-twenty track with an oval quarter-mile cinder track outside...
Plans are being made for enlarging and refitting the Dartmouth gymnasium, also for a first class athletic field with a cinder track, grand stands...