Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Chicago is considered one of the most likely places in which to hold the Olympic games of 1924. Initial steps to have this effected are being taken by prominent sporting men and civic leaders. Chicago was decided a suitable location as a result of the announcement that the contract for the games had been let to the largest stadium in the world. This stadium probably to be constructed in the windy city, will be horseshoe shaped and built of marble and concrete, and will have a seating capacity of 100,000, according to the present plans. The cost is estimated...
Team to Stop in Chicago...
Major Moore of the H. A. A. announced the schedule of the trip West as follows: The squad of about thirty-two leaves Boston on the 2 o'clock train on Saturday afternoon, stopping at five places before it arrives at Detroit at 7.40 A. M. on Sunday. Chicago is reached at 3 o'clock, where a four-hour stay is made, during which the team will dine at the Harvard Club of Chicago, as the result of a telegram to Major Moore. It ran as follows: "The Harvard Club of Chicago will give a supper for the University football...
...team leaves Chicago behind, and three days elapse before San Francisco is reached, where the men stay from 5.10 on Christmas eve until 8 P. M. the next night. The final goal, Los Angeles, is reached the next morning. From the 26th to the 1st the team has opportunity to scrimmage on the field at Pasadena...
Richard Rowland Eisendrath, of Chicago...