Word: tracks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will try to run 440 yards in less than Baker's record, 50 1-4s. Fiske, '86. will be given a start of 3 yards in the 100, and Wheeler, '86, 30 yards in the quarter. It will depend on the weather conditions as to whether the track at Beacon or Mystic Park is used. Those who wish to see the races must be ready to start from the gymnasium at 3 o'clock. The officials are: starter, Davidson, '85; timers, Mr. Lathrop, Thompson, '87, Trask...
...exercise, and no pains will be spared to make the appointments of the room as complete as possible. This floor is lighted from the side windows, and also by a shaft from the roof. About ten or twelve feet above the main exercise hall, is suspended the running track, which arrangement will obviate the necessity of having the track in the main hall and will thus allow so much more space for apparatus. On a level with the running track will be the visitors gallery...
...Spirit of the Times publishes a letter from Dr. Swain of the University of Michigan, in which a full account of Bonine's records for 50, 80, and 110 yards is given. They seem well authenticated, but there was an inequality in the track of 3 feet each...
...spite of the threatening weather, an audience of between 50 and 75 saw Baker break the 220 yards record yesterday afternoon. The track at Beacon Park was chosen for the race, because it has a 220 yards straight-a-way. It has the representation of being an exceptionally fast track, but in spite of the broken records yesterday, it was in poor condition. The rain had formed a thin layer of mud on the top, and even when this was scraped off, the track was dead and without its usual spring. To make the record beyond dispute, four well known...
...played here this spring was the "fence" game. As far as we can learn from the highest authorities at Yale, "fence" games are games that Yale wins, while all games that are lost by that college, are "no-fence games." We hope that now we are on the right track, and that we will hereafter make no mistakes in regard to this much contested subject...