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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...early to know precisely the size of our freshman class, still we may venture to say that it will have to be abnormally large to compare with the size of the freshman classes at Yale and Cornell, which number respectively three hundred and four and three hundred and fifty-one students. Yet why is this so? The only satisfactory solution of the problem lies in the fact that here all branches of athletics seem to be at their lowest ebb, while at the two colleges previously cited the case is reversed. Exeter Academy, Harvard's oldest and hitherto most reliable...
...time fixed for the race was 6.30 on Thursday, June 30th. The course for the two-mile races at New London is the last half of the four-mile course-that is to say, the stretch between the Navy Yard and the finish flag opposite Winthrop's Point. The weather was beautiful and the water was comparatively smooth. The Columbia men were rather smaller than the Harvard Freshmen, and it was generally supposed that the latter would win easily...
...Disadvantages consequent upon location cannot be remedied, but the principal cause of our repeated defeats can be removed. Until there is a cinder track at Cornell, it is safe to say that our runners, at least, will never win anything at Mott Haven. Only those accustomed to running on loose cinders can show to advantage on the tracks in New York City. The long heavy stride developed on a hard, firm clay track is totally unsuited to ground that cups at every step. Practice on a cinder track, however, in time develops a short light step eminently adapted to loose...
...conclusion we may say that until at least a short cinder track is provided by the athletic council it is only waste of money for Cornell to send representatives to Mott Haven...
...considered to agree, although there is considerable divergence of opinion between them in other matters, is the uselessness and absurdity of the college crews-maintaining the secrecy that they attempt to regarding their movements and performances prior to the time of the annual race. As one of these authorities says, if the young men were attempting to jockey the public, and, so to speak, inveigle innocent and unsuspecting betters into a confidence game, it would be all right for them to put forth what are, to say the least, misleading reports concerning their condition and chances of winning. If college...