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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Camps this year are to be much larger, and there is also planned a Naval Training Cruise for Civilians, to start August 15 for four weeks...
Williams comes to Soldiers Field this afternoon for its annual contest with the University baseball team. The strength of the Purple aggregation is rather hard to estimate, since its showing has been very irregular. Getting away to a poor start, the team dropped four out of five games on the spring trip, being beaten by Virginia, Georgetown, Princeton, and the Army, all four of which have since been defeated by the University nine. On April 29 Holy Cross took a 2 to 1 victory and a week later Virginia won again. When a second game was staged with Princeton...
After a rest of an hour and ten minutes, Meredith went out to repeat his victory of last year in the half-mile. Floto of Princeton jumped ahead at the start, but the Pennsylvania captain shot into the lead at the turn, followed by Floto and Bingham. The pace proved too fast for Windnagle of Cornell and Overton of Yale, who had already run the mile. Just after passing the one-lap mark, Bingham passed Floto and closely followed Meredith. They both lengthened out on the far straightaway, drawing away from the rest of the field. Meredith and Bingham raced...
...recent order, the battleship Kearsarge has been assigned for the Boston recruits of the Naval Training Cruise and the battleships Maine and Kentucky for those from New York. Battleships will also start from Portland, Me., Newport, R. I., Philadelphia, Pa., Norfolk, Va., and Charlestown, S. C. During the first week ships will cruise individually, and the recruits will be taught the rudiments of sailor-craft. During the second week the various ships will come together and participate in the Atlantic Fleet's War Game. This will offer an unparalleled opportunity of learning the actual battle formations and tactics...
...University clinched the contest in the third. The Holy Cross pitcher start...