Word: event
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This year's team promises to be fully as strong as last year's in every event excepting possibly the half and quarter-mile. Beside the ten point-winners in the Harvard-Yale games last May who are still in College, there is a great abundance of both finished and raw material with which to fill vacancies...
...rules governing the intercollegiate contest provide that no college shall enter more than five men in any event, nor start more than three. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be given to the first, second and third man in each event, and a banner in the colors of the winning college and valued at $25 will be awarded to the winning team. It is further provided that each team may have a special event, and it is probable that the Harvard team will present double tumbling. Silver cups will be awarded to the winners of the special event...
Yesterday all the men who came to the Gymnasium were sent out on the road in squads, each man being directed to run a distance suited to the event he is trying for. This work will continue today, but on Wednesday it is planned to take the men on the track and begin regular practice. If the weather is good the entire squad of three hundred men, many of whom have been told to rest during the winter, will be called...
...these cups are offered to develop kickers, no one will be allowed to win more than one cup in the same event, or more than one cup in one year, although he may enter for all three events. For instance, if a man should win punting this year, next year he could compete for place and drop kicking only...
...total number of candidates now trying for the track team is 245, and it is probable that before the middle of March, when outdoor work is well started, there will be more than 300 men in training for the different events. Captain Johnson has offered three silver cups for three novice high-jumping contests, in the hope of bringing out some strong men in an event which has been one of Yale's weak points for several years. In the weights, another weak point, there is a large number of candidates working under the direction of Trainer Flanagan...