Word: quarterly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Cutts, Barnard, Lawrence and Graydon made openings whenever called upon, and blocked the opposing plays thoroughly. Back of the line, Jennings, Ristine and Derby, at halfback, made effective gains, and McGrew and Meier at fullback hit the line low and hard. Matthews, at quarter, tackled cleverly, backed up the line well, and took advantage of fumbles...
...Americans have a like advantage in the field events. To Harvard and Yale are conceded the high and broad jumps, hurdle race and hammer throw, and to Oxford and Cambridge the half mile, mile and two mile runs. Therefore the winning of the hundred yard dash or the quarter-mile run by Harvard and Yale would give the meet to the Americans...
Thus there are four events conceded to Harvard and Yale, three to Oxford and Cambridge, and the two remaining events, the 100 yard dash and quarter mile run, are doubtful...
...quarter-mile lies between Boardman of Yale and Barclay of Cambridge. Both have records of 49 seconds; but Boardman's injury last June and Barclay's recent arrival in a strange climate will probably prevent any fast time being made. The entries for all the events follow...
...Quarter mile run--Boardman, Y., Rust, H., Barclay, C., Cornish...