Word: tracked
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last Wednesday afternoon in the Casino. The following events were contested: 28 yards dash, putting 12 pound shot, putting 16 pound shot, running high jump. Other events were to take place but had to be postponed on account of darkness. It is hoped that by these games interest in track games may be increased so that Princeton may regain her former good name in that branch of sport...
...indoor track of the University of Pennsylvania beneath the grand stand on Franklin Field has been completed. The track is made entirely of cinders so that it will not harden in cold weather. There are two 100 yard straightaways and a take-off and pit for broad jumpers...
...first time the plan of having a Cycling Association separate from the Athletic Association was tried and proved very successful. A team of bicycle riders, distinct from the other Mott Haven candidates, was organized, a coach and trainer was secured and the candidates trained separately on a track properly constructed for bicycle riding. The change was a very beneficial one for the college cycling interests and promises to be still more beneficial in future. One of the plans for this year is to enter a team in six or seven different meets before the intercollegiate meeting at New York...
...every conceivable apparatus for physical development will be made use of. Overlooking the floor of the gymnasium will be a great balcony, Suspended from the ceiling, where it runs over the gymnasium and circling the entire interior of the building, is to be built a running track 12 feet wide and nine laps to the mile. In the southern portion of the building will be athletic rooms, boxing rooms, fencing rooms and directors' appartments...
...TRACK TEAM.- Winners of first or second places in the Freshman games or in the 'Varsity games can get their cups at Leavitt and Peirce's this morning...