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With the opening of the oval in the Stadium there has been increased activity in track practice. The entire squad is now able to use the cinder track and Coach Donovan has a number of men in practice races every day. A number of new candidates have been reporting for the field events, facilities for which are now adequate...
Training for the University and Freshman track men for the winter season will commence on the cinder track and in the baseball cage this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. All candidates will report at the Locker Building from 2.30 until 5 o'clock. The runners will be given an easy outside workout on Soldiers Field, while the weight and field-event men will have their initial practice in the cage, followed probably by a jog to limber them...
...board track which is used every winter will be laid between the Locker Building and the cinder straightaway before the end of the week, so that work can progress upon the boards in spite of snow or frozen ground. The baseball cage will be heated and lighted for the field event men, including jumpers, vaulters and weight-throwers. A large number of candidates for this department are needed, since it is usually the weakest in the University team...
Football, however, is not the only event that is arousing enthusiasm in Army and Navy circles. Track games for the soldiers and sailors are to be held. In place of the usual 100-yard dash on the cinder track, this race will take place on the football field from goal post to goal post. A tug-of-war and relay races are also scheduled...
...reported for preliminary cross-country work. The University squad increased in size to nearly twenty making a total number of 40 runners reporting to Coach Farrell in addition to a few weight men. The candidates who had been out before were sent for three fairly brisk laps on the cinder track and then four miles at slower rate around the Soldiers' Field fence. All the new men merely jogged a short distance around the Field...