Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...made this fall in the athletic field presented to Williams college by the Hon. Byron Weston. The grounds, a great improvement on the old ones, are sufficiently large to furnish two foot ball fields, and give an excellent chance for base ball. This fall the donor has built a track which, as far as advantages go, will put Williams on an equal footing with her rivals. The track is oblong in shape, fifteen feet wide and a sixth of a mile in circuit. It is very carefully underdrained and is composed of pin gravel covered to a depth of nine...
...stone wall on the top of which is built a wooden fence eight feet high. The entire field now measures 570x500 yards. There will be laid out on it two base ball diamonds and one foot ball field. The latter will be enclosed by a new one-third mile track between which and the fence there will be a space of about eighty feet for carriages A grand stand, patterned after the one at Yale, with a seating capacity of 2000, will be erected at the extreme north end of the field. Arrangements have also been made for the building...
...sixth hare and hounds run took place Wednesday afternoon. The hares A, H. Williams, '91, and T. G. King, '91. started from the gymnasium at 3.28, and were followed nine minutes later by the hounds, with W. Alexander L. S. for master. The track was laid through Norton's woods and across the railroad to Somerville, over the hills to the Lowell railroad, along the track to the Belmont marshes, and through them to Fresh pond and Mt. Auburn, where the break was made opposite the cemetery. The hares got in at 4.34 1-2, and it was twenty minutes...
...were followed six minutes later by the hounds, with J. D. Gorham, '90 as master. The trail was laid through Harvard square, then turning sharp to the left through Norton's woods and up to Porter's station. From here the trail ran parallel to the railroad track as far as Fresh pond, then turning sharply, straight back to Highland street, where the break was made. The hares reached the gymnasium at 4.30, and twenty minutes later the hounds began to arrive. H. P. Williams was first, followed by Hockstadter, R. Stone and Blake. The hares had to give...
...over 2 feet 6 inch hurdles, 1 mile walk, pole vault, running high jump, putting 16 1b. shot, 220 yards run, throwing 56 1b. weight, tug-of-war of 650 pounds, 4 men, 2 substitutes allowed; no contest unless two teams enter. The course will be a board track of about 13 laps to the mile. Rules of the Amateur Athletic Union will govern all contests. The meeting will be open to members of recognized amateur athletic clubs only. An amateur is defined as follows...