Word: winter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...small number of workmen have been kept at work about the Stadium during the winter, but as it is impossible to use cement in cold weather, their work has been mostly confined to cleaning up and smoothing off rough places in the construction...
...squads of candidates for the University track team was largely increased yesterday and there are now 125 men engaged in the regular winter training. A comparison with the number of candidates who had reported at this time last year shows an increase this year of 30 men. The practice yesterday consisted of work with the chest-weights and dumb-bells, practice starts, and four easy laps around the board track on Holmes Field. The straightaway, which will be constructed diagonally across the circular track, will be completed the first of next week...
...Rifle and Pistol Club have been considering building a rifle range under the Stadium. The baseball cage which has been used for several years by the club has never been satisfactory, not only because of its size, but also owing to the fact that often in the winter and early spring the practice of the baseball and lacrosse squads conflict with the shoots arranged by the club...
...University crew squad will begin its winter rowing at the University Boat-house during the first week in February. The following members of last year's squad will row this year: Dillingham, Swaim, Duffy, Lawson, Filley, Shuebruk, Brownell, Smith, Ober, and Webster. Mr. Colson will have charge of the squad, and the work will consist of a daily drill on the machines and in the tank until the weather permits rowing on the river. With the large number of experienced men who have returned to College, and the abundance of other good material which is available, the prospects...
...Regular winter work for candidates for the University track team began yesterday at the Gymnasium. About thirty men, including some of the members of last year's team, reported, and were given light exercise with the chest-weights and dumb-bells, practice in starts in the Gymnasium, and four easy laps on the new circular board track on Holmes Field. The squads will continue to meet at 11, 12, 3.30 and 4.30 o'clock each day, with the exception of Saturday, when there will be but one squad which will meet at 12 o'clock...