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Dates: during 1900-1909
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This afternoon at 3 o'clock the first high-jump competition will be held in the Cage. Entries may be made with Coach Quinn before the event...
...University Reception given in the Union last night was a pleasant event. About 225 people attended, including not only officers of instruction and government and their families, but also members of the Corporation, the Board of Overseers, and the visiting committees. Although the number of people present was not as large as last year, the fact was due in great part to the conditions of the weather. The ladies who received were Mrs. J. B. Ames, Mrs. C. H. Toy, Mrs. W. T. Councilman, Mrs. F. C. Lowell and Mrs. J. J. Storrow...
...first of a series of handicap field-event competitions, similar to those conducted last fall, will be held in the baseball cage at Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. This afternoon the contest will be in the broad-jump and tomorrow there will be a high-jump contest. The shot-put will come on Monday and the pole-vault on Tuesday. There will be three contests in each event and the winners of the greatest number of points in each series will receive cups. Entries may be made with Coach Quinn at the Cage before each event...
About 246 men reported yesterday for the first practice of the University and Freshman track teams. Of these, 210 reported at the Gymnasium as candidates for the track events, and 36 reported at the Cage for the field events. At the Gymnasium, after light preliminary exercises, the sprinters practiced starts and ran three laps on the 130-yard board track on Holmes Field and the middle distance men ran ten laps. The distance men in the 3.30 o'clock squad took a slow road run. The baseball cage proved to be an excellent place for the field event practice...
...Gymnasium will consist of general exercises with dumbbells and weights, after which the sprinters will practice starts and take short runs on the outdoor board track. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays all the distance men will take slow road runs. A series of competitions for the field event and hurdle candidates will be held, beginning about the end of next week...