Word: mile
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Smith won both races over the mile course in the basin yesterday and gained possession of the Slocum Trophy. The third crews do not row until this afternoon but Smith could finish last and still come out on top in the final reckoning. The first race was started from the Cottage Farm Bridge at 4 o'clock, the crews rowing across the Charles River Basin to the Harvard Bridge. Smith and Gore rowed side by side during most of the race, but a hundred yards from the finish Smith spurted and managed to shoot over the line a bare quarter...
This afternoon the three first Freshman dormitory crews will open the competition for the Slocum Trophy, racing over the mile course from the Cottage Farm Bridge to the Harvard Bridge, shortly after 4 o'clock. The crew winning this afternoon will contribute five points toward the total score of its dormitory, second and third places being given two points and one point respectively...
...halls are on the hill overlooking Lake Cayuga, and a quarter of a mile from the main campus. They are of natural gray stone, obtained from a quarry a few hundred yards distant, and they are fireproof throughout. All necessary furniture is placed in the rooms by the university, and the rooms are rented according to the order in which applications for them are made...
...throw a twelve-pound hammer. On the track there will be no 220-yard dash or 220-yard hurdle race. The Freshmen will run a 120-yard low hurdle race instead of a high hurdle race. The other events will be the same as usual except that a three-mile run will be substituted for a two-mile run. This is designed to make the cross-country teams' practice a feature of the games. The order and times of events will be announced later...
...relays, to prevent confusion, the runners will cover a designated number of laps instead of parts of a mile. There are five relays on the tentative program, in one of which each man runs two laps, another with three laps for each contestant, one of six, and another of twelve. There is also a medley relay, which totals 22 laps, and a team race has been arranged for the distance men, the scoring in this to be on the same basis as in, the cross-country...