Word: field
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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William Byrd Page, the great high jumper of the U. of P., has announced his intention to withdraw permanently from the athletic field...
...spite of the stormy weather, about twenty candidates for the freshman eleven appeared on Jarvis at the appointed time yesterday afternoon. Captain Sears of the 'varsity, and G. Perry, '89, coached them. After regular practice on the field, the men were put through rush line and tackling practice in the gymnasium. The following men are candidates for the rush line: Rantoul, Cook, Churchill, Allen, Cheeney, Freeman, Clark, Hawes. Berry, R. Agassiz, Putnam, Travis, Barter, Henry and Brooks; for quarterback, Mann, Neff, Preston; for half-back, Hill, Draper, Carpenter; for full-back, Barter and Forbes. The men are all unusually light...
...they are encouraged by the men around them. But when their efforts are greeted with derision the work becomes tenfold harder and more discouraging. If anyone thinks that the work of the men deserves his jeers, nothing is easier than that he show his superiority by coming in the field and doing the work better. We trust that those who are not gentlemen enough by instinct to avoid hurting the feelings of the men may at least control themselves for the sake of the success of the eleven...
Davis, '91, and Greenfield, '92, rode a mile on the bicycle Saturday on the Holmes field track in 2.56 2-5, one second less than Harvard record...
...Order Ex. COM.ALL those who have signed their names for the trial tournament to select representatives for the intercollegiate lawn tennis tournament will be on Jarvis Field at ten sharp...