Word: putting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...drill with 8-pound iron dumb-bells followed by a run on the part of the linemen and punting by the backs. The afternoon work was more varied. Wednesday an eleven was picked out to practice signals, and Thursday another squad was formed. Friday two elevens were put opposite each other for practice in breaking through. Saturday there was only morning practice...
...most satisfactory. After laying out the gridiron and the diamond, room was found to lay off three practice fields for this fall, so that ample room is afforded for developing the various football teams. The track is completed, with the exception of the top layer. This will not be put on till next spring in order that the layers already on may have time to settle...
...room for further expansion in their neighborhood. Its location was also peculiarly satisfactory, on account of its adjacency to the Longfellow estate of nearly eighty acres, which had been left to the university some time before, but had not been utilized, on account of the expense necessary to put it into condition. The Soldiers Field gift being on higher ground, could be used at once, and at the same time opened up a prospect of eventual usefulness for the Longfellow estate...
...gift was accepted, and steps at once taken to raise money to put the field into condition for use. Plans were made looking eventually to the complete removal of all athletics to the field and to a complete unity in their arrangement. Football, baseball and track athletics were to be given complete accommodations, athletic buildings and a boathouse to be erected, the place to be beautified and the approach to it from the square to be made attractive by arrangements with the Park Commission...
When the field was first put into condition for athletics a number of cross trenches were dug 35 feet apart, connecting with a large central drain leading to the river. At the mouth of the main drain a valve was placed to keep out the tide. On examination it has been found that these drains serve their purpose well in some parts of the field and poorly in others. This is due to the fact that the soil of a portion of the field, particularly in the middle of the old gridiron, is largely clay and mud, through which...