Word: event
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Coach Quinn will be on Soldiers Field every morning from 10 to 1 o'clock until June 20 to coach candidates for next year's track team. It is necessary that as many field event men take advantage of this as possible...
...finals on Saturday were held under the worst possible weather conditions. Rain had fallen all the morning and had covered the track with pools of water. A driving wind and more rain continued until the last event of the day, the final of the 220-yard dash. Considering the conditions, the performances in the finals were fully up to the average intercollegiate standard...
...Track Event Finals...
...Higginson '10, with a score of 90; the cup for runner-up was won by C.L. Hauthaway '10, with 80 birds; and L.H. Cushman '08 was a close third with 79. As each man was allowed only two prizes, although Higginson and Hauthaway won more than two events each, the prizes were awarded as follows: longest straight score, Hauthaway, 14 birds; low score, R.M. Allen '11, 50; first 20-bird event, Higginson, scratch, 19; second event, C.F. Morse, Jr., '10, handicap 2, 20; third event, F. Stone '11, scratch, 19; fourth event, J.R. Gilman '09, handicap 5, 20; fifth event...
Although handicapped by the loss of two of their best point-winners, the wearers of the official Harvard Crimson were invincible in every event but one. The ha-ha boys had their arms so well trained from writing innumerable jokes that they won the majority of points in the shot-put. The other events in the meet were easy meat for the news gatherers. The Monthly and Advocate tried to bride the press representatives, but in spite of their efforts the Associated Press sleuth-hounds flashed the score over the country...