Word: stadiumitis
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...points, an arbitrary goal that Jaako Mikkola set for the team when early events were taken more easily than expected, the Harvard cinder pounders overwhelmed Rhode Island State and Holy Cross by a score of 96 1/6 to 46 to 22 1/6, respectively in the Stadium and envirous Saturday. The meet was held in a cold, drizzling rain which limited attendance and hampered the performers considerably...
...meet started with the hammer throw, which was held in back of the stadium. While Fisher's heave of 153 feet 11 1/2 inches won the event for the Crimson, with brother Jack's 151 feet coming in second. Jack Thorndike of Harvard came in third and Congdon of Rhode Island fourth...
...been touted. The Indians' Bobby Feller and the Yankees' Spud Chandler pitched shutouts. The Tigers' Hank Greenberg and the Yankees' Joe Di Maggio hit home runs. The Red Sox's Ted Williams smacked the longest ball (440 ft.) seen in Washington's Griffith Stadium in 15 years...
Alumni will congregate in the Stadium Thursday afternoon for the exercises which, during the war, consisted of military reviews, but which had formerly involved the gentle sport of throwing confetti at the graduating class after the delivery of the Ivy Oration...
...Clark joined Hunter and Fisher in annexing two firsts for the Crimson. He won the 220-yard dash in 23.3 seconds and the 440-yard run in 52 seconds. Violent head winds which blew clouds of dust around the Stadium were largely responsible for the poor times turned...