Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...track opened very late this spring, almost a fornight later than last year, and none of the men have had more than a fortnight's training. Therefore, there have been no trials of their capacities. The weather has been anything but favorable. The track has been frozen and snowed upon until it is as far from good condition as the men who trained upon it. There are still almost five weeks before the intercollegiate games, and there is no doubt that the men under the able training of Mr. Lathrop will get into condition to take the places of Baker...
There is said to be unusual activity in athletics at Rutgers this year. The trustees of the college have secured a fine large field on which a base-ball ground and cinder track is to be laid...
...been a part of the game of base-ball in which the Harvard nines of the past have been sadly deficient, a faculty which is now everywhere recognized as an important factor in a good all-round player. After the sliding, the dumb-bell drill and run on the track takes place as on any other day. A few times during the winter on very pleasant days the exercise has been varied in so far that the candidates were taken out for a walk across country. There has been no batting in the cage, as the light...
...Track athletics have received another stimulus by the presentation of two challenge cups to the athletic association by Mr. Edward Porter, '81, Sheffield, to be competed for in the spring meeting, one in the quarter, the other in the mile...
...following review of some of the competitors in the various events of the intercollegiate games and the probable winners may not be uninteresting, owing to the increased interest felt in track athletics by the university...