Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Athletic Association of the University of Pennsylvan a gave an exhibition Friday at the university grounds in honor of William Byrd Page, the champion running high jumper of the world. C. W. V. Clarke walked a mile on rather heavy track in 7m. 18s. Mr. Page made a running high jump which broke his own record of 6 ft. 3 1-2 in. Tom Ray vaulted 11 ft. 4 in. Mr. Page was give a valuable gold watch...
...athletics, wouldn't it be a good idea to try and arouse a little enthusiasm in bicycling? Cambridge is near the finest roads in America and yet we haven't a rider that can hold a candle to some of the U. of P. men. To be sure our track isn't very well adapted for bicycling but it is as good, I believe, as the track on which the Mott Haven games are held, and for a better training surface there is Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and a road for a couple of miles from it towards Boston (of which...
...track athletes are making active preparations for the fall races, which take place in about three weeks. Among the events, it is expected that there will be a half-mile race open to all amateurs in the country. Sherrill, '89, who is now the champion 100-yards runner of the country, will run in these races, as will also Hinckley, '88, who has a record of a quarter-mile in 51 3-4 seconds; Bradner, who is able to run within a fraction of a second of the record in the half-mile run has retired from the track permanently...
...Disadvantages consequent upon location cannot be remedied, but the principal cause of our repeated defeats can be removed. Until there is a cinder track at Cornell, it is safe to say that our runners, at least, will never win anything at Mott Haven. Only those accustomed to running on loose cinders can show to advantage on the tracks in New York City. The long heavy stride developed on a hard, firm clay track is totally unsuited to ground that cups at every step. Practice on a cinder track, however, in time develops a short light step eminently adapted to loose...
...conclusion we may say that until at least a short cinder track is provided by the athletic council it is only waste of money for Cornell to send representatives to Mott Haven...