Word: softe
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Saturday all the Jarvis Field tennis courts were marked out and in use. They are still soft and will not be in first class condition for some time. Five of the Holmes Field courts are also in use and the sixth will be ready today. The two Oxford street courts were marked out on Saturday and will probably be ready by today, though they are still soft...
...Lathrop will be out on the track on Holmes Field every day in the morning and afternoon to coach the men training for the class and 'varsity races. The track is in good condition although a little soft in places. Yesterday afternoon the following men of last year's Mott Haven team were practicing: Bigelow, Bremer, Emmons, Mansfield, Putnam and Stickney...
...extremely unfortunate that but three days can be given to work on the track before going to New York. The tram races will be run on a dirt track, and the change from the board track, which gives a perfectly firm and solid footing, to the comparatively soft and yielding dirt track is so great that it is very hard for the men to get used to it sufficiently to run in their best form. In this particular the Harvard entries will be at a disadvantage...
...weather was rather cold which made the practice rather loose and the batting, in most cases, weak. The ground was also very soft. Bond and Keefe were out coaching the men. The practice lasted for about an hour and a half...
...five mile road race has been further postponed to Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 4 p. m. The roads were still too wet and soft yesterday and it is hoped that tomorrow the ground will be dry enough to ensure a satisfactory race...