Word: cinder
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...lauded this offer to Fisher as an extension of a slowly growing policy to recognize people other than New Englanders. It stated that this particular instance of the policy indicated perhaps that Harvard would rather lose to Notre Dame on the football field than win from Oxford on the cinder path. In conclusion, the article said that for the good of the country, it would be better if Harvard bathed more in the Mississippi River than in the English Channel...
...rules of the Association call for outdoor competition and the Freshman cinder track was thought to be the most satisfactory, although the dust hampered the vision of the fencers. Several times the swordsmen slid on the uncertain footing and went sprawling over their opponents. National contests will be held in New York in the near future, but no members of the University six plan to enter...
With their eyes on the Princeton Meet, members of the University track squad are going through intensive daily workouts on the cinder track at Soldiers Field in order to be at top form by the end of the week. As yet the number of men who are to make the trip has not been determined, but it is understood that it will not be possible to send more than 25 or 30 men this year...
...surprise. Steelmen knew Mr. Irvin. They had met him at the Duquesne Club, at association meetings and dinners. They all knew him to be a good operating man, one of the kind popularly supposed to be able to tell the rate of production by sniffing Pittsburgh's cinder-laden air. But none had ever dreamed he would rise to the greatest height in their world. If he had ever had that dream himself, he never revealed...
Boston followers of the cinder path will have a chance to see a goodly assortment of Olympics timber this evening on the boards at the Boston Arena, when a large field of competitors will show their mettle at the annual B.A.A. games. Harvard's track forces, 36 strong, will be among the number of athletes participating in the meet...