Word: dashing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...events are recommended, one a straightaway dash, 75 yards, and the other a straightaway hurdle race. In these two events it is obvious that there must be a definite individual winner, still the team competition is in fact adhered to, for the actual winner, individually, cannot gain any trophy, a system of point awards being made so that there will have to be team competition...
...various try-outs. Three members of the University are planning to enter the trials on Soldiers Field. J. O. Johnstone '16 will compete in the high jump, opposed by his intercollegiate rivals W. M. Oler, of Yale and A. Richards, of Cornell. E. A. Teschner '17 will enter both dash events. W. A. Meanix '17, holder of the A. A. U. 440-yard hurdle record will again compete in this event as well as in the high and low hurdles...
...features of the games in August will be the east vs. west competition. The recent western conference meet resulted some remarkable records, the eastern marks being beaten in seven events. Ward, of Chicago, has done the 100-yard dash in 9 4-5 seconds, and the 220 in 21 3-5 seconds. In the high hurdles, there will be the world's record holder, Kelley, of the University of Southern California. Simpson, of Missouri, however, has made 15 seconds flat this year. Other stars of the west are Campbell, of Chicago, in the half-mile, Myers, of De Pauw...
Every star west of Chicago has been invited to compete, and accordingly unusual performances are expected. The events will be as follows: 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 440-yard run, 880-yard run, mile run, 5-mile run, 120-yard hurdle race, 220-yard hurdle race, 440-yard hurdle race, 3-mile walk, pole-vault, high jump, broad jump, running hop-step and jump, throwing 56-pound weight, 16-pound hammer-throw, 16-pound shot-put, throwing the discus and the javelin...
William John Bingham '16, of Methuen, was yesterday unanimously elected captain of the University track team for the season of 1916. His best event has always been the half-mile, though last year he was used in the 440-yard dash in several meets, and he has been a prominent member of the 1560-yard relay team for the last two seasons...