Word: standing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...used to any extent, except perhaps in the spring. Even those men who do use them apparently do not understand the game. The so called "pepper boxes" which add so much to the interest and excitement of the sport have recently been torn away, so that as the courts stand they are merely bad hadball courts. Even at this, however, there is no reason why they should stand idle during the season in which there is most demand for vigorous indoor exercise and recreation...
...indoor track of the University of Pennsylvania beneath the grand stand on Franklin Field has been completed. The track is made entirely of cinders so that it will not harden in cold weather. There are two 100 yard straightaways and a take-off and pit for broad jumpers...
...cinder track is to be laid on Franklin Field, at the University of Pennsylvania. It will be under the grand stand, and will be used for winter practice...
...free choice. No men should be given the advantage of having their names appear on a printed ticket which announces, virtually, though not in so many words, that those names have the backing of the usual society combine. Each candidate whether he belongs to a society or not, should stand on his merits as an individual. The active managers representing the organized society voters have everything so cut and dried that many nominees from among the unorganized voters who always constitute a clear majority of the class, are intimidated into withdrawing their names. Men undeserving of honor and unpopular with...
...intercollegiate shoot held Saturday morning between Harvard, Princeton and Yale was won by the latter, with Princeton second, and Harvard last. As there was a rise in the Charles River Saturday morning which flooded the shooting stand, and as there was high wind blowing, the conditions were anything but favorable for good shooting...