Word: track
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Dana '88, was out on the track yesterday giving some of the long distance runners practice...
...very small and has been further reduced by an accident to one of the most promising men. Not one man can be spared. If all enter and do their best there is a good chance that we shall win. If any withdraw the chances are seriously lessened. The track races are still so far ahead that the excuse of training for them is hardly a reasonable one; no other ade quate reason can be suggested. We believe that we are justified in uiging those riders who have hitherto refused to enter, to reconsider their decision and to do their best...
...plans of the Bicycle Club for the coming season show that that organization is in a most prosperous condition The Tech. road race, the club road race, the spring meeting and the weekly run will place bicycling among the prominent athletic sports. The arrangements for the track race meeting, which were published yesterday, promise that this will be by far the most elaborate bicycling tournament ever held at Harvard or at any other college. The opening of some of the events to all amateur riders gives the meeting a much broader interest and will undoubtedly result in raising the standard...
...arrangements for the Bicycle Race Meeting are nearly completed. The meeting will be held on the Holmes Field track on Saturday, May 11, at 2.30 p. m. The events, with the prizes offered will be as follows...
...candidates for the Mott Haven team at Yale went into training yesterday, and, as in the last two years, are to be under the charge of Murphy, who is one of the best professional trainers in the country. The track has been thoroughly rolled and made hard enough for use so that nothing can hinder the men from beginning active outdoor training at once. Many improvements have been made since last year in the field and apartments of the team, among the most important of which may be mentioned the shower baths...