Word: races
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tree Pool as the second division of the University meets and was attended with great success. After a series of extremely close events, Standish and Smith Halls ended with 23 points apiece; first place was awarded to the former, however, on the strength of its victory in the relay race. There will now be a brief cessation of activities to allow yesterday's first-year men and Monday's fraternity swimmers to rest up for the open University division, which is to be held a week from today...
...yard relay race yesterday, which was eventually to prove the deciding event, opened slowly, but speeded up with each successive man. Standish and Smith raced almost even for six lengths, but the former's spurt at the end captured the contest by a couple of feet...
...closest race of the day was the 50-yard back stroke. Fred Lewis '32, after trailing for the first two lengths, put on a fierce spurt which carried him not over a foot ahead of J. E. Shikes '32 at the finish. The time was 35 seconds flat...
Eight fraternities will be represented by teams in the relay race this afternoon; and over forty individual aspirants will vie for the titles in the other events. They will begin at 3.30 o'clock, and will consist of a 100-yard relay race, diving "6", 50-yard free style, 50-yard back stroke, and 50-yard breast stroke...
...Freshman meet tomorrow will be broader in its scope, including seven events: 100-yard relay race, diving "6", 50-yard free style, 50-yard back stroke, 200-yard free style, 100-yard breast stroke, and 100-yard free style. The final champions will be the winners of the University meet, open to all students, which is scheduled for 3.30 o'clock on April 3. Seven events also will be staged in this last competition and will be the same as those in the Freshman contests save for the diving, in which the men will make eight dives instead...