Word: racing
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Definite arrangements for the Harvard-Tech. bicycle road race were made last Friday afternoon at a meeting of delegates from each club. Tech. was represented by Messrs. Hayden, Williston and Hutchins, and Harvard by Brown, Bailey and Greenleaf. The race will be held Saturday afternoon, November 31. The course has not been definitely chosen but will probably include Chestnut Hill and Massachusetts avenue...
...terms of the race are a little peculiar as Tech. does not know who her fastest riders are. Each club will be permitted to enter as many men as it chooses, but only the first five men from each club are to count. The first man at the finish is to count ten points the second, nine points, and so on. The club getting the most points, thus computed, will win the race. There will be a trophy for the winning club in the shape of a banner worth fifteen dollars, which is to be provided by the clubs jointly...
...coming road race with Technology the club will probably be represented by Davis, Brown, Bailey, Greenleaf and one other man to be chosen from those who made good time yesterday...
Best general reference: Desty's Federal Constitution, pp 279-288, 326-333; Bump's Notes of Constitutional Decisions, pp 369-381; Pomeroy's Constitutional Law, pp 174-183; E. C. Walthell, The Race Problem in the South, in Cong. Record...
...dozen promising riders and material for as many more. The Bicycle Club has been rejuvenated; its membership has increased and with these changes comes increased activity. Our representatives made a grand showing last Tuesday in New York and in the hope of winning a new triumph, a road race with the Institute of Technology has been arranged. What we should value in such a race is not a favorable result, but the stimulating effect which the event will have on our bicyclers. Here is an opportunity for Harvard to regain some of her lost laurels. See to it that...