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...Professor Hollis and Mr. Charles McKim, of McKim, Mead and White, the well-known New York architects, provide for a horse-shoe shaped structure of steel, somewhat like the stadium at Athens, with seats of stone concrete seating about 27,000 persons. Within the stadium will be the football gridiron, surrounded by an oval running track 440 yards in length, as well as a straight-away track the finish of which will be in the bow of the horseshoe. The outer wall of the stadium will be of brick, in which at frequent intervals arches will be cut, rorming entrances...
...Harvard and Yale Law School elevens will meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock on the Freshman gridiron at Soldiers Field. Tickets for the game are on sale at Leavitt...
...plans for a crease on Soldiers field have been approved by Professor Hollis and work will be begun upon it as soon as the condition of the ground permits. It will be located where the west gridiron now is. There is much sodding and rolling to be done, but it is hoped that the field will be in condition for the games with Pennsylvania and Haver ford. The candidates are: H. B. Baker '03, G. Bradley 3M., O. Chew '03, R. S. Clark '03, E. J. D. Coxe '03, A. Drinkwater 1L., J. H. A. L. Fairweather...
...team arrived here at 1 o'clock and went at once to the Winthrop House. Luncheon was over by 2, and the men were given an hour's rest before dressing for practice. Special cars took them to Hanover Park, the professional league baseball field, where a gridiron had been laid out. The ground was in good condition and the weather was clear and mild...
SOLDIERS FIELD, Nov. 3, 1900.--The annual football game between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania was played here this afternoon. The weather was threatening and just a trifle too warm for good football. There was a very slight breeze which blew directly south across the gridiron, thus giving very little assistance to either team. The field was in perfect condition for fast play without being too hard...