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...following events are scheduled: 100-yard dash, quarter mile run, half mile run, mile run, 120-yard low hurdles, 65-yard high hurdles, broad jump, high jump, pole vault, discus throw, and javelin throw...
...plans announced yesterday by the track team management, the fall track season will close on October 27, when the annual Fall Handicap Meet will be held on the Soldiers Field track. The meet this year will include, in addition to the usual events, the discus throw and the javelin throw, the new events which have been added to the Intercollegiate schedule...
About a hundred and twenty-five men are now reporting daily to Coaches Bingham and Farrell for practice, several new runners having joined the squad since practice started on Tuesday. Ten of these are practising for the discus and javelin throw under the direction of Mr. J. Mikkola. Although these men are all inexperienced, Mr. Mikkola is satisfied with the progress which has been made so far. More candidates, especially Freshmen, are needed, however, if the University is to be well represented in these two events next spring. All who intend to try for them should report immediately, in order...
Beginning today the track candidates will be divided into squads, according to events, and will report on the field at the following times: sprinters, 2.45; hurdlers, 2.30; quarter-milers, 2.40; half-milers, 2.50; milers, 3.00; shot-putters, pole-vaulters, high-jumpers, broad-jumpers, discus and javelin throwers, 3.00; hammer-throwers, 3.30. The distance runners are to practice with the cross-country squad. The track work this fall will consist chiefly of drill in fundamentals. There will be little actual competition, and most of the time will be spent in improving the form of the runners and field event...
Coach Bingham introduced to the squad Mr. J. Mikkola, the coach of the 1920 Finnish Olympic team, who is to have charge of the discus and javelin throwers...