Word: field
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...last few years have been very creditable, and the records made have been very good, if the age of the contestants is taken into consideration. The meeting this year promises to be quite as successful as the former ones. The value to Harvard of such training of track and field athletes in the preparatory schools in this neighborhood is obvious, and Harvard men should do all they can to encourage it. The alumni of the school ought to feel an especial interest in the men, many of whom will be in Harvard during the next few years, and will doubtless...
...leading amateur club of this State, the Beacons, will probably be unable to put a nine in the field next season. The loss of this club will be felt here at Harvard, as the club has, in past years, been one of the 'varsity nine's best opponents...
...ball fever has struck Wesleyan, and strong efforts are being made to place a good representative team in the field this season. Wesleyan has never been active in this branch of athletics, but a new are appears to have dawned. The gymnasium is to be enlarged 75 feet, the space to be devoted to a cage for the practice of the nine. John Morrill of the Boston nine has been offered the position of coach, but it is offered the position of coach, but it is doubtful if he accepts...
...Yale Alumni Association of Boston and vicinity will hold its annual dinner on Wednesday, January 30, at 5 p. m., at Young's Hotel. Dinner will be served promptly at 6 p. m. Hon. W. A. Field and Hon. M. P. Knowlton of the Supreme Court, Walter Quincy Scott, D. D., of Phillips Exeter Academy, Arthur T. Hadley, M. A., of New Haven, and others have been invited and are expected to be present. A business meeting will be held during the evening. In order to make the occasion as social and informal as possible, songs will be sung...
...summer, at home and abroad, by college athletes, will have a prominent place in the annals of athletic sports. The leading athletic clubs have divided themselves into two associations, the National Amateur Athletic Association and the New Amateur Athletic Union. Both of these associations have held several well-contested field meetings during the year, and the results of the meetings go far towards proving conclusively that the American athletes are superior to those from England and Ireland. Fewer records were made in running than in almost any other sport but of the record-breakers in sprinting, C. H. Sherill, Yale...