Word: half
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University track team was not able to use the Stadium yesterday as the track had not been rolled. The distance men ran about two miles on the speedway, while the half-mile squad ran as far as the first turn in the speedway and back, a distance of about one mile. The sprint squad, the hurdlers, and the candidates for the broad and high jumps ran about a quarter of a mile on the side walk, along the side of Soldiers Field. Mr. Quinn coached all the men who are trying for the weight events...
...game was fast and hard throughout, and many fouls were called on both teams for holding, but except for this the game was clean and free from unnecessary roughness. Both teams showed excellent defensive work especially in the first half, and this prevented a much higher score. In shooting the work of the University team was very good, and many long hard shots were made. Captain Griffiths excelled for Harvard...
...first score was made by Murphy of Yale, but Griffiths soon scored for the University, and the first half ended with the score 9 to 7 in favor of Harvard. In the second half the excellent shooting of the University team soon raised the score...
...game was fast, but was marred by the poor judgment of the referee, who paid little attention to Columbia's frequent fouls. The Columbia team was strong on block plays under the basket, and won the game by three very long shots. At the end of the first half the score was 13 to 6 in favor of Columbia. During the second half the game was much rougher owing to the negligence of the referee...
...University team is in excellent condition except Burnham, who on account of an injury to his knee will probably be able to play only the first half of the game. Although many easy goals were missed in the game with Cornell last Saturday, the team on the whole showed improvement, especially in team play. There is still, however, a tendency to foul on the part of the guards. It is expected that the signal plays, which have not worked well until very recently, will be used tonight with success...