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...Davis was the highest Freshman point winner, capturing first place in both the shot-put and high jump. In the 1000-yard run, the most sensational event of the afternoon, W. C. Bennett came from behind in the last lap and won by a scant two yards. Other 1923 men who showed up well were C. H. Hawes, J. E. Kennedy and J. W. Quinn...
...would follow that the college vote must run far more favorable to the League plan than would the total of enlightened sentiment outside the school walls. Yet even within them only a scant one-third support the Wilson position...
...plans for the revival of the sport will be discussed--plans which include a strenuous schedule on the boards, a winter carnival in March, and weekly handicap competitions designed primarily for the benefit of novices More candidates must come out, with 400 reporting daily at Cornell compared to the scant fifty here. It is needless for the Crimson to effort the undergraduates to support the track team in its laughable efforts to turn the oldest of major sports back on sound footing...
...captain of this pioneer team was Henry R. Grant '74, who played one of the halfback positions. Little attention was paid this contest by the public, mention of it being found in only one Boston paper, and that confined to a scant 10 lines. In spite of the lack of general interest which it aroused, this game on May 15, 1874, marked the beginning of a football regime which will reach its highest point before the throng of spectators in the Stadium today...
Earlier in the afternoon Gore Hall easily triumphed over its rivals in the triangular championship Freshman dormitory race. Standish came in second with Smith a scant quarter of a length behind...