Word: tracking
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Lieutenant Vedder was born in San Francisco, California, 27 years ago. While at the University of California he was the varsity half-miller and in the Stanford-California track meet in 1915, he ran the half-mile...
...CRIMSON has permission to publish the following two letters received by Professor Copeland, the first from Captain W. J. Bingham '16, U. S. A. A. S., first marshal of his class, and captain of track '16; the second from a recent graduate of the College, now Infantry Lieutenant serving in France, whose name is withheld...
...them it seemed impossible that a draft army and an army of volunteers could vie with the Kaiser's trained men. We have not as yet completely proved that the American Army, man for man, is the equal of the German troops, but we are decidedly on the right track. At Seicheprey, at Cantigny, and on the Marne "we met the enemy and they were ours." This is no cause for boasting: the German offensive has for overshadowed the tiny dents we have inched in the hostile line. Yet it is, we hope, an omen of future victories...
Severely handicapped by the lack of experienced runners, and laboring under the same difficulties as the other athletic teams, the University track team made the poorest showing of all this season. The waning interest in this form of sport at the University the same shortage of field event men which has been difficult to overcome in recent years, and the short time available for practice combined to make this year's schedule far from successful...
...track season opened unofficially with the annual mid-winter carnival which extended from March 8 to March 13. As a result of the inclement weather as well as undergraduate indifference the carnival was only sparsely attended, and no great amount of interest was aroused by the results. The most striking feature of the meet was the unusually prominent part played by the Freshmen, who furnished a majority of the winners...