Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...quarter of four fourteen men lined up in front of the gymnasium and started out to cover the five and a quarter miles in the quickest possible time. The course was the same as last year and was marked by a trail of paper, laid previously during the afternoon. The men started at a very fast pace and soon were separated into two squads. The three leaders kept well together the entire distance and the slower men struggled along about a quarter of a mile behind. The trail lay across the common to Concord avenue, to Walden street; thence across...
...exact distance of the course will be five and a quarter miles. The start will be made at 3.45 o'clock sharp from in front of the gymnasium. From there the course will be across the Common to Concord Avenue to Walden Street; from there across the fields in a northerly direction to the junction of the Fitchburg Railroad with the Watertown branch where the runners will be checked; up the Fitchburg to the Glaeialis where the runners will be checked a second time; from there in a south westerly direction to Fresh Pond, around Fresh Pond drive to Cushing...
McCormic of Yale quarter-back...
...meeting between the Harvard and Yale tract athletes to take place at the annual indoor winter meeting of the club. The event to be contested by the two colleges is the mile race, either team to consist of four men, each of whom will relieve his predecessor after a quarter-mile...
...seventh and last hare and hounds run of the season will be held from the gymnasium this afternoon, starting at quarter of four. All men who enjoy this exhilerating sport are urged to turn out and take advantage of this opportunity to make the last run the most successful...