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Dates: during 1900-1909
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About 75 new men have reported for the track team during the week, raising the total number of candidates to nearly 230. The number of candidates for the different events is approximately as follows: mile and two-mile, 57; half-mile, 50; quarter-mile, 30; sprints, 50; hurdles, 17; high-jump, 12; broad-jump, 26; pole-vault, 10; hammer-throw, 8; shotput...
...Brookline High...
Prior to the cut in the University crew squad on Saturday the three trial eights rowed a race of about a mile down stream from just below the Brighton bridge. Owing to the high wind and rough water the race was started late in the afternoon. The boat stroked by French was given a handicap of five seconds; Shepard's and Farley's crews started even. Owing to the accident to the rudder; Farley's boat ran ashore at the second bend below the start. Shepard's crew has already taken a slight lead and at the finish...
...high wind made smooth rowing impossible, and consequently it was difficult to obtain a good idea of the individual work...
...have individual coaching, but that this will be impossible if nearly the whole squad reports as heretofore in the afternoon. Regular times at which each squad is to report have therefore been arranged as follows: from 10 to 11, beginners in the weight events; from 11 to 12.30, high-jumpers, broad-jumpers and pole-vaulters; from 3 to 3.30, sprinting squads--candidates for the 100, 220 and 440-yard dashes; from 4 to 5, half-milers, milers, two-milers and hurdlers; and from 5 to 6, hammer-throwers. These hours, however, are only provisional, for if a man has engagements...