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...greatest blow came when R. G. Allen '26, former Freshman track captain, and now the University's chief hope in the 440 and furlong dashes, injured his leg in a practice 80 yards dash on the Stadium, straightaway at 3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon...
...those interested in only pleasure, the world's largest stadium seating 125,000 people and encompassing a huge sports field and a track with a 220-yard "straightaway" has been built. Beside this there is a 50-acre amusement park, also said to be the largest ever constructed, containing "a bewildering assortment of roller coasters, chute the chutes, 'cave of the winds' and scores of other mechanical contrivances beloved by children and the less serious grown...
...interesting race of the afternoon. Starting at scratch with A. T. Kirley, the Boston College runner, he worked his way up to a challenging position at the end of the first lap. Kirley, however, passed him at this point, and both outdistanced the rest of the field at the straightaway. Allen gained several yards in the final sprint but lost the race by a few feet...
...work of taking up the board track on which the University runners have been practicing this winter was begun yesterday afternoon, while, the trackmen used the straightaway between the Stadium and the North Harvard Street fence. The removal of the winter track will make room for spring football practice, which will begin Monday...
...tired from his running earlier in the evening, for he lost all that Chapin had gained and started Burke ten yards behind the Green anchor man, Letteney. The Crimson leader devoted the first three laps to bringing himself up on even terms with Letteney, then passed him on a straightaway, and had gained a lead of almost 20 yards at the finish line...