Word: straightaway
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Regular practice for the squads of candidates for the University track team was held yesterday as usual, the work consisting of exercise with the dumb-bells and chest-weights, practice starts on the short straightaway track in the basement of the Gymnasium and three laps on the board track on Holmes Field...
When the delegates inspected Franklin Field, on November 7, there was no 220-yard straightaway. Since then, however, two such courses have been installed. Both start outside of and pass through the archways of the grandstands, finishing within the field. The great objection is that only about 150 yards of the tracks can be seen from the stands...
Practice for the candidates for the University track team was held on Saturday at 12 o'clock, and owing to the snow, all work was confined to the Gymnasium. The men went through a dumb-bell drill, exercised with the chest-weights, were practiced in starts on the short straightaway in the basement, and ran ten easy laps around the gallery track...
Regular practice for the squads of candidates for the University track team was held yesterday as usual, the work consisting of exercise with the dumb-bells and chest-weights, and practice starts on the short straightaway track in the basement of the Gymnasium. On account of the falling snow there was no regular outdoor work on the board track on Holmes Field...
...comparison with the number of candidates who had reported at this time last year shows an increase this year of 30 men. The practice yesterday consisted of work with the chest-weights and dumb-bells, practice starts, and four easy laps around the board track on Holmes Field. The straightaway, which will be constructed diagonally across the circular track, will be completed the first of next week...