Word: cups
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Permission was given the second University crew, and the winning crew in the interclass race, to enter the American Henley Regatta at Philadelphia on Saturday, May 23. It was also decided to make an effort to have scrub baseball diamonds for the use of the Leiter cup teams laid out on Soldiers Field...
...trials for the 440-yard handicap competition for the possession of the Wells cup for one year will be held in the Stadium this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This competition was formerly run off in the spring handicap games, but is held separately this year in order to give Coach Lathrop one more opportunity to pick the best men in this event. For this reason the 440-yard run in the handicap games will be scratch this year. The Wells cup has been held the past year by H. Watson '10. The final heats will be held Saturday...
...meantime we must make the most of our growing opportunities. We must not neglect a single chance to demonstrate that athletics can and must exist in every possible form. Today the second string baseball material is not doing its share. The University second baseball team, now that the Leiter Cup Series has been crowded out, affords the only opportunity, outside of a few interclass games, for the man of average ability to play the "national game." But for some unexplainable reason the team is not being supported. An opportunity to play baseball is being wasted, while we compromise ourselves...
...Soldiers Field were to relieve the increased demand upon Jarvis Field caused partly by the building of Landell Hall. This transfer of courts from Holmes Field has greatly increased the congestion on Soldiers Field, and taken two diamonds formerly used for scrub baseball or the so-called "Leiter Cup Series." The Athletic Committee is desirous of developing Soldiers Field as soon as possible in order to encourage sport among undergraduates, who wish to take part without severe training or excessive expenditure of time
...Soldiers, Field only 24 acres, or less than half of its total area, are available for use. The cricket team was driven out of existence by the pressure of other teams, and worst of all, as our need increased out of all proportion to our resources, the Leiter Cup baseball series became history...