Word: event
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...mile Knowles should get fourth place. Clark and Swan in this event have improved in condition since the Yale games, and one of them may score...
...quarter mile cup will not be offered for competition this spring. It was thought inadvisable to allow the quarter-milers to hold a special event for it, previous to the dual games, and since that time many of the men have broken training. Those who have not are working in preparation for the intercollegiate games and could not safely enter any outside contest. The cup was presented to the Athletic Association by S. Gannett Wells '86, for the purpose of encouraging quarter mile runners. It was won in 1898 by H. H. Fish...
Harvard defeated Yale in the dual track games on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon by the score of 62 1-2 points to 41 1-2. The meet throughout was very interesting. Yale started with a rush, winning four of the first five events, but in the next four Harvard made 29 points out of a possible 32. After this the games were no longer in doubt. Harvard scored in every event, while Yale failed to take a point in either of the jumps or the two-mile run. On the track Harvard scored 36 points to Yale...
...record was broken. Boal threw the hammer 144 feet 2 1-2 inches, bettering Chadwick's distance by 13 feet 3 inches. Hallowell equalled the record in the high hurdles, as did Richards in the short dash. Richardson in the two-mile, a new event for the dual games, set a good record by winning the race in 9 minutes 57 3-5 seconds...
Hallowell and Boardman were equal stars of the meet, each winning two events. The first event was started at 3 o'clock, and all the other events were run off at the scheduled time...