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...season of 1919 and 1920 passed with no small credit due for the accomplishments of Harvard teams on the athletic fields. The ancient grudge against the Bull Dog was satisfield by Crimson victories in four out of five major sports; the defeat on the cinder track was glossed over with decisive wins on diamond, gridiron, river and rink...
Silver Bay is peculiarly suited to satisfy all demands which may be made upon it by aspirant and star athletes. In addition to the natural facilities of woods, hills, and water for walking, climbing, swimming, and boating, there are six tennis courts, a cinder track, and athletic fields for baseball and mass games. There is also a fine gymnasium for indoor baseball and other games in case of rainy weather. Last year at Northfield R. B. Shaw '20 won the tennis tournament; in baseball, after acquiring a margin of eight runs over Yale, the University team gave pitcher...
...Corson, Yale '11, manager of the Yale track team which went over to England with the University team to meet Oxford and Cambridge, and Francis W. Capper '15, captain of he Crimson team in that year, and star half-miler, both watched the distance men work out on the cinder path. Capper gave particular attention to the men out for the half-mile and the mile. Corson was favorably impressed with the large squad out for track, and thought that the new system introduced this year ought to develop men who have heretofore been untried...
...morning, athletics and recreation in the afternoon, and a large meeting in the auditorium in the evening. Unlike Northfield, however, there will be no dull rainy afternoons at Silver Bay, for there is a new gymnasium perfectly equipped for indoor sports. Outdoor athletic facilities include a baseball field, cinder trace, tennis courts, bathing beach, diving tower, boating and mountain climbing...
Before 1900 Harvard was the unchallenged master of the cinder-path. Since then Cornell, closely followed by Pennsylvania, has led the way. Saturday's victory was the first Harvard challenge in recent years to the Ithacan supremacy. If every undergraduate with track experience will assist in this advance by reporting for track and field events, then the University may well expect to see her colors in the fore once again at the Intercollegiate games...