Word: tracked
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...thirty-third annual track meet of the 1. C. A.A.A.A., held at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, last Friday and Saturday, was won by Cornell University with 34 points. Pennsylvania with 29 1-2 points was second, Yale with 22 third, and Harvard with 17 1-2 points barely won fourth place over Dart-mouth's score of 17 points. The remaining points were distributed as follows: Michigan, 6; Swarthmore, 6; Princeton, 4; Columbia, 4; and Syracuse...
...finals on Saturday were held under the worst possible weather conditions. Rain had fallen all the morning and had covered the track with pools of water. A driving wind and more rain continued until the last event of the day, the final of the 220-yard dash. Considering the conditions, the performances in the finals were fully up to the average intercollegiate standard...
...Track Events...
Eight men of the University track team left for Philadelphia by boat last evening to compete in the intercollegiate games tomorrow and Saturday. The rest of the squad will leave the Square at 8.20 o'clock and take the 9 o' clock train from Boston. Captain Dodge has been forbidden by the doctor to take part in the meet. If he is allowed to go to Philadelphia at all, he will be merely a spectator: that he will run is out of the question. While away the team will stay at the Idlewild Hotel, Media, Pa., just outside of Philadelphia...
...will board the "Lusitania," nee "King Philip," Fighting Bob, our captain, will then weigh anchor (500 pounds or thereabouts) and, assisted by his enthusiastic sky-pilots, will steer into mid-stream. Fairly bound for Nantasket Point, the keg-tappers start their work. On arriving at the Point, baseball games, track meets and swimming races will occupy the time until the tempting odor of a barbecue announces the serving of a collation by Oscar, of the Waldorf. Singing by class talent will beguile the post-prandial half-hour. At about 4.30 the "King Philip" will again weigh anchor and proceed...