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Regular spring work for all candidates for the University and Freshman track teams will begin today on Soldiers Field, and all men are expected to report regardless of weather. Every effort has been made during the past week to get the Stadium track into good condition; the straightaway is now in very fair shape, but the jumping pits are still a little heavy...
...races will be rowed over a course of one mile and 550 yards straightaway. from the Malta Boat Club to just above the Columbia Bridge. The Freshman crew has been entered in the race for junior collegiate eight-oared shells for the New England Challenge Cup, in which the Yale University second eight and freshman crews from Pennsylvania, Cornell and Georgetown will also...
...sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers ran a short distance up and down North Harvard street; and the distance men ran about a mile along the Charles River parkway. The track has been rolled and brushed thoroughly, and should be in condition shortly. Special attention will be given to the straightaway which will be ready for use Wednesday if the weather is favorable...
...University and Freshman track teams will begin today on Soldiers Field, and all are expected to report regardless of weather. Although the Stadium track is not yet dry enough for regular work, the men will run on side walks and under the Stadium for the next few days. The straightaway will probably be in condition by the middle of the week, but it is doubtful if the whole track will be in condition before the first of next week...
This afternoon's racing should prove interesting, as upon it will depend largely the selection of the four crews to row in the straightaway race in the basin tomorrow. This race will take place at 4 o'clock, and will be rowed upstream over the one and seven-eighths mile course, starting at the Union boat-house and finishing at the Longwood bridge. The crews are being carefully watched by Coach Wray and Captain Richardson, in whose hands the selection will rest. At present, Randolph, Claverly, Westmorly, and either Matthews or Mt. Auburn street seem the most likely selections