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...crew No. 3, H. M. Adams '98, captain, was next; crew No. 2, D. M. Goodrich '98, captain, followed, and crew No.4, Higginson 1900, captain, had the outside course where the current ran strongest, but where the sea was especially rough. The course lay from the Union Boat House, straightaway up stream a distance of a mile, finishing two hundred yards this side of Harvard Bridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'VARSITY RACES. | 11/8/1897 | See Source »

...have been working steadily for the last few days on the track and grounds at Holmes Field, getting them in readiness for the class games which will be held next Saturday. The side-walks that were across the track have been taken up so as to leave the straightaway 220 yards stretch open, and the spaces for jumping have been raked and rolled. A blue-book for entries has been placed in the office at the gymnasium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Class Games. | 4/4/1896 | See Source »

...held at the Field on Monday, May 2, under the rules of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America. The handicapping will be done by an official of the A. A. U. The track is a quarter of a mile, with banked turns and a 220 yards straightaway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE LETTER. | 3/23/1896 | See Source »

...friend of Princeton Athletics," whose name is withheld has offered to build a new 220 yard straightaway track on the 'varsity field. The offer has been accepted, and the work will be completed in about two weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/20/1895 | See Source »

...which will be sufficient room for a baseball or football field. By the side of the track will be a place for field events. There will also be tennis courts within the space enclosed by the running track. Running along the northern side of the grounds will be a straightaway track 220 yards long on which the dashes will be run. It will be so arranged that the finish will be in front of the grand stand, in the northeastern corner of the field. It is intended to place this stand so that it can be used for the baseball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Athletic Field at U. of P. | 3/6/1894 | See Source »

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