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Arrangements have been made for a straight-away quarter mile match race between W. C. Downs of Harvard and W. C. Dohm of Princeton. The direct object of the race is to attempt to break the world's record of 47 3-4 secnow held by Wendell Baker '86. The place of the race is not yet determined, but it will take place either at Beacon Park or Mystic Park or some other straight-away course. Detailed arrangements will be made by the N. Y. A. C., who will offer a prize for the winner...
...share of the entrance fees or admission money; or who shall have taught or engaged in any athletic exercise or sport as a means of livelihood; or who shall at any time have received for taking part in any athletic sport or contest, any pecuniary gain or emolument whatever, direct or indirect, with the single exception that he may have received from the college organization, or form any permanent amateur association of which he was at the time a member, the amount by which the expenses necessarily incurred by him in representing his organization in athletic contests exceeded his ordinary...
...enthusiasm which the celebration of last week has proved to exist. For many years there has been no event in athletics equal in importance to that which we take pleasure in announcing this morning. The gift of Mr. Higginson is unsurpassed alike in generosity and in the direct benefit it will bestow upon athletics. Through his munificence the problem of accommodation for athletic sports has been satisfactorily solved. Harvard is to have a magnificent field, as large as all the grounds now in use. The soil of the new field is better than that of Norton's Field...
...direct benefit which the Cycling Association will confer on Harvard athletics is forcibly emphasized by the entries to this race, and by the keen feeling of interest which it has raised among a large body...
Question: "Resolved, That the National Government should refund the direct tax levied...