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...Palmer Stadium in 1914. he decided that the sides of the field should be banked, started grading by digging a deep marginal moat. Belatedly it was pointed out that the proposed embankment would be dangerous to footballers forced out of bounds. Thereupon, the moat was turned into a cinder track whose unusual depth of ballast surprised one & all by providing a remarkably springy surface. Thus an accident accounts for what many a runner considers the world's fastest track, a smooth, black 440-yd. oval on which in the past two years two successive world's records...
...historic Harvard figure passes today with the resignation of Dennis Enright who for 49 years has been employed as caretaker of athletic grounds. Since 1895 he has been in absolute charge of Soldiers Field and is responsible for the building of the stadium, the cinder track, the Freshman track, the baseball diamond, in fact for everything on Soldiers Field...
Enright is an authority on the building of cinder and board tracks, and he has been consulted by many athletic associations in this country. This summer he will travel to Ireland where he will advise on the construction of several tracks by the government...
...jinx is after Harvard's track team just as the Dartmouth meet looms on the horizon, for Dr. Thorndike has just clapped Milt Green into Stillman to have some cinder burns attended to, and unless the injuries show considerable improvement during the week, the hurdles and broad jump star will not be able to compete Saturday...
...trouble began last Saturday when Green stumbled over a stick in the 200 meter event, netting himself a fifth place and several severe cinder burns on his hands and legs. A slight infection set in which became both painful and dangerous, and yesterday it was considered advisable to send him to Stillman...