Word: weather
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...novice Freshman pole vault competition, which was to have been held in the Stadium yesterday, was postponed until today at 4 o'clock on account of the weather. The object of this competition is to try to find any latent talent there may be in the Freshman class, because at present there is but one man training for the pole vault who is eligible for the team...
...Christmas vacation until the end of the season in May, with but a few weeks of rest in March. The baseball team also begins work early in the year, although its games do not commence until after the first of April. The crew has almost continuous practice until the weather allows them to go on the river, and after that time the men row every...
...this fairness to the minor sports? They are to be abolished, as far as intercollegiate sport is concerned, merely because they happen to come at the time when the weather conditions are such as they are fitted for. All of them are essentially winter sports and do not exist at other seasons of the year. Imagine attempting to play basketball in the spring or autumn in a hot gymnasium. Hockey can only exist at the present time when there is ice, and even with a rink, nobody would want to play it in warm weather. These different forms of athletics...
...University handicap track games will be held in the Stadium this afternoon at 3 o'clock. There is a total of 285 entries, which is about the same number as last year, and provided the weather is favorable some good exhibitions are expected. Cups will be awarded to the winners of first and second places in each event. The 440-yard run is divided up into two scratch events, one for Freshmen and the other for all other members of the University. This division will assist Coach Lathrop in getting some idea of the material he has to work with...
...baseball game which was to have been played with Wesleyan yesterday afternoon could not be played on account of the weather, and has been cancelled, as the Wesleyan team could not remain in Cambridge today...