Word: winter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...work of cleaning out the baseball cage and putting it in condition for the winter practice has been commenced, and will be completed about the middle of February. Because the cage was used as a storehouse for cement during the construction of the Stadium, more repairs will be needed this year than usual. The floor, which was of finely sifted loam, has become very uneven from the rough use and a good deal of cement has been mixed with it, making a disagreeably dusty surface. It is now too late to have an entirely new surface spread, but the present...
...hundred men reported yesterday for winter track work. All the men were given dumb-bell drill and chest-weights exercises. In addition to this work, the high-jumpers and shot-putters practiced in the Gymnasium. The runners were given outdoor work, the distance men taking an easy run to Porter Station and back, the sprinters and relay men being given practice in starts and a run of six laps around the board-track on Holmes Field...
...University Boat-house every afternoon at any time convenient for them between 3.30 and 5.45 o'clock. Since the plan of forming graded eights before Mr. Colson's arrival has been abandoned, it has been thought best to abolish the squads which were formed at the beginning of winter rowing, and for the rest of the month the men will work individually...
Professor I. L. Winter suggested that men, who intend to try for University debates, should not postpone their training in election until they have made the team, but should begin it immediately. He expressed his willingness to form special classes for all such...
...candidates have as yet reported for indoor winter work in pole-vaulting, high jumping and shot-putting. Those who intend in the spring to try for any of these field events are urged to avail themselves of this winter training. Men who will enter some of these events in the Boston Athletic Association meet, which will be held in Mechanics Hall, Boston, on February 13, are expected to come out at once. Practice is now held, under the direction of Mr. Graham, on the main floor of the Gymnasium between the hours of 2.30 and 4.45 o'clock, Mondays, Wednesdays...