Word: tracked
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...date May 25, whereas the first Saturday in June comes upon the first of the month. It has been the custom for Yale and Harvard to hold their dual contest before all the colleges meet; such an arrangement followed out this year would bring them together upon the track...
...both Pennsylvania and Cornell, so-called lieutenants, selected from the able athletes, are put in charge of the candidates for the different track and field events...
Pennsylvania has recently challenged Princeton to a dual track and field meeting this year, but apparently without expecting that the challenge will be accepted. It is thought that Princeton will object to university representation, and the prospect has called forth the following editorial in the Pennsylvanian...
...Princeton's attitude in regard to the track games, and in fact to any branch of athletics in which she claims that men in the college department alone are eligible, may aptly be compared to the position of a dwarf who considers that he is doing a favor to a giant by entering into a contest with him, with the big man's hands tied behind his back...
...Committee on Track Athletics of the University of Pennsylvania, by virtue of the power delegated to them by the Association of Alumni of the College Department of the University, has fixed the following standards, which, if reached, will entitle the members to a share in the Alumni prize...