Word: straightaways
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile and a half straight away between the academic and scientific freshmen was won by the former in 7 m., 18s. by about six lengths. There were five entres in the single scull mile straightaway contest for the $500 Ford cup. The race was practically between C. G. Morris and P. S. Evans, Morris winning by three lengths in 8 m., 46 s. The closing event of the day was the mile and a half straightaway between the sophomores and juniors The sophomores...
...Harvard University Boat Club, in behalf of the Harvard freshman crew, having received a challenge from Yale for a freshman race, hereby challenge the Columbia University Boat Club, for the Columbia freshman crew, to a two mile straightaway race in eight-oared shells with coxswains, said race to be rowed at New London, on a day to be fixed hereafter...
...annual Spring Meeting of the Harvard Athletic Association takes place tomorrow afternoon on Holmes field at 3 o'clock. The number of entries is unusually large, and the events will be exciting and closely contested. In the 220 yard events the new straightaway track will be used for the first time, so that the time in these events is likely to be slightly faster than usual...
Although no formal letter of acceptance has been received, it is understood that the Columbia freshmen have accepted Harvard's challenge for a two-mile straightaway race to be rowed some time in June. The challenge was sent to Columbia some time ago, but they have delayed taking formal action on the matter. Last week Captain Metcalfe, of the Columbia 'varsity, wrote Captain Perkins that the 'varsity managers had strongly recommended the freshmen to accept the challenge. Saturday, dispatches from Columbia in the morning papers announced that Columbia '94 had accepted the challenge. No further arrangements can be made until...
...South Armory, where the Boston Athletic Association is to hold its meeting on Saturday night, is admirably fitted for athletic games. The floor is about one hundred and ten yards long and is without a post, the roof being supported entirely by trusses. There is room enough for the straightaway seventy-five yards, without making the stop incoveniently sudden. The track for the longer runs is one-ninth of a mile in circumference. It now consists merely of the section of flooring which is marked off at either end by a curved strip of black paint, but planking will...