Word: tracked
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...should be fortunate enough in some future year to win on this side of the water the leadership in track athletics, which this year belongs so unquestionably to Yale, we shall hope to have the pleasure of competing with one of you as the winner of the Oxford-Cambridge games...
...time of 10 2/5s. was made on a heavy track and Oakley bested Hatch, the winner of the Harvard race, in 16 2/5s; but both would be obliged to run better races to win, as Richards of Yale ran close to Crum of the University of Iowa, who did the dash in 10 seconds flat, while several representatives of Yale and Harvard have cut the time for the hurdles below those figures...
...yards the American representatives would all come from Harvard, being chosen from N. W. Bingham, Jr., N. B. Marshall and W. H. Vincent. Although Oxford won the event against Yale and G. Gordon, in 51s, Vincent won the intercollegiate in 50 4/5s. Considering the track, however, the Englishman's performance is rather the better...
...more ungracious of her, since she did not in the games this year prove herself second best. Oxford and Cambridge, in replying to the intercollegiate challenge by a narrowed counter challenge, should, it would seem, have selected Yale and Pennsylvania, who hold the two leading places in track athletics. There certainly seems no adequate reason why a meeting like the one originally proposed by the American colleges should not have been arranged; but, as matters now stand, it is hard to see just how Harvard can fairly be one of two colleges to meet an English team this year...
...sessions of the Conference proper are held morning and evening. Platform meetings addressed by interesting speakers, Bible classes, informal discussions, association and missionary conferences indicate the varied character of the privileges which the gathering affords. The afternoon is given to recreation. Good facilities are provided for tennis, baseball, track athletics and swimming. Northfield itself is a New England country town of the old-fashioned type. It is situated in the beautiful valley of the Connecticut River and is surrounded by magnificent hills and mountains which reward the lover of New England scenery with many a delightful view...