Word: stretching
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Technology's new field, which is said by experts to be one of the finest athletic fields in the world, is rapidly nearing completion. The track, which is the widest sprinting stretch in existence, is to be ready Monday, October 12. The field also contains a football gridiron and a baseball diamond. Outside of these there will be pits for high and broad jumping and shot putting. The completion of this field means the filling of a long felt want at Technology, where the conditions under which athletics were carried on have been poor. At present the track...
Captain G. F. Brown, of Yale, jumped into the lead in the half-mile and set the pace throughout., Finishing the first quarter in 57 seconds, he was unable to shake off. F. W. Capper '15, who stuck at his heels until the last stretch. Brown, in the last 100 yards, showed a wonderful burst of speed, beating Capper by 10 yards and cutting the dual record by 3-5 of a second...
...Blackman '14, and C. E. Clark and D. F. Frost of Yale. These four, alternating in the lead, raced within five yards of each other for 1 3-4 miles. Coming into the last quarter, Clark opened up a lead which he held down the back stretch. Boyd, however, had run his race with admirable judgment, and finally exhibited a wonderful sprint which left Clark 10 yards in the rear. Boyd ran the last quarter in 1 minute, 2 4-5 seconds, and the two miles in 9 minutes, 42 4-5 seconds, beating his own record of 9 minutes...
With the last examinations today, another eighth of College is ticked off for the undergraduate. The Freshmen have become fairly settled; the Seniors, some what depleted by those who leave at mid-years, look down the home stretch. Life is renewed once more. Let us rejoice and make exceeding glad. Let us adopt resolutions to be applied from February to June; let us find signs of human habitation in our late deserted dwelling places; let us rejuvenate a languishing Cambridge...
...final race-off of Wednesday's heats in the singles races of University crew squad was held yesterday afternoon on the 3-4 mile stretch above the boathouse. L.S. Chanler '14, the most experienced single sculler on the squad, finished first with two lengths of open water between him and the second man, Captain Reynolds. H.A. Murray '15 was third, beating out L. Saltonstall '14 in the last few strokes. H. Middendorf '16, who had a poor start came in last...