Word: tracks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ground on Holmes and Jarvis is very soft upon the surface, but two inches down, it is still hard with frost. How to cross Holmes field is a problem, there is so much ice and water upon the track...
...within the week, or as soon as the frost leaves the ground. Nine turf courts are to be laid out on the southeast corner of Jarvis Field, at an expense of $943.50, and five clay courts of various sorts are to belaid out on Holmes Field, east of the track, at an expense of $300. One of these courts will be chosen as pattern for 30 more clay courts, which will be laid out during this present summer on various parts of Homes and Jarvis Fields. The durability, tested by the experiment of actual play during the spring...
...present the men practice batting, catching, and pitching, take short spurts on the running track for their wind, and exercise on the chest weights...
...contrast to the temperate attitude toward them maintained by Princeton. Two important actions have recently been taken here, one by the faculty, the other by the students, which show the prevailing tendency. In a recent mass-meeting the students appointed a Graduate Committee for foot-ball, base-ball, lacrosse, track athletics, and tennis. The gentlemen who constitute it are Messrs. C. C. Cuyler and David Paton, of New York, and Mr. Alexander Van Reusselaer, of Philadelphia. In a second mass-meeting, the functions of this committee in regard to base-ball were outlined in an amendment to the constitution...
...sheet of ice that lies on Holmes field is melting slowly. It has been suggested that it be broken up into small pieces, so that the track may be the sooner in use this spring...