Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...engaged in intercollegiate sports since the opening of the college. The result showed that the average scholarship for the year of each man who rowed on the crews was 70 per cent., that of base ball players 73 per cent, and that of those engaged in track athletics 76 per cent. The per cent. of athletes who graduated was greater than the per cent. for the whole University. These results whould seem to show that intercollegiate contests, when kept within reasonable limits, do not interfere with the general scholarship of educational institutions...
Some very goods races may be looked for at the freshman races this fall. Ninety-two has sent a number of unusually promising men on to the track both in short and long-distance running; yet she has not filled in our weak places as might have been hoped. Jumping, pole-vaulting, putting the shot and throwing the hammer are fine openings for new men. We were more or less weak in most of these events last year; we are still weaker this. The number of hurdle racers, too, is smaller than it should be. There is a good deal...
...athletics grounds in America, has announced a fall bicycle tournament for October 20. The program includes a half-mile open race, a one and two mile handicap race, and a two mile intercollegiate. There are three prizes in each event. The course is a twenty-foot wide, four-lap track with raised corners, so that the highest speed is possible...
...meeting is intended as an opportunity of giving new men a chance to come out, whether they have ever taken part in athletics before or not. Mr. Lathrop will be on Holmes Field every morning from 11-1, and will give all the help he can in both the track and field events...
Lacrosse is doing well, and the outlook in track athletics is bright. By his victory in Montreal, last Saturday, Dohm, '90, now holds the championship of America in the quarter-mile run; he also holds the record in Ireland. The annual fall handicap games will be held about the middle of this month and will consist of fifteen events...