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There will be two skating rinks laid out on Soldiers Field this year. Each rink will be 180 feet long and 80 feet wide. The entire length of the two rinks, as they are laid out together, will be 360 feet. One of them will be used for hockey practice and the other will be open to members of the University. The fee for the use of the rink during the season will be $1.00. Work on the rinks has just been started...
...race between the third and fourth Weld and third Newell graded crews was won by the third Weld. The third Newell was half a length behind the third Weld and about two lengths ahead of the fourth Weld...
...race of the Freshman crews the Weld won again. The first Weld secured a lead at the start and held it to the finish. The second Weld and first Newell had a close race for the first mile but then the Weld drew ahead and finished a length in the lead. The second Newell come in about six lengths behind...
...crews settled down to about thirty two strokes a minute but the Newell seemed to have more life and sent their boat well ahead. At the half-mile the first Newell was half a length ahead with the first Weld and second Newell about even. The second Weld was about one-third of a length behind. From this point the Weld crews began to gain and just before the bridge the two first crews were about even, with the second crews a length behind. As they passed under the bridge both Newell crews spurted and gained half a length...
...Newell club, the first and second graded crews were followed by the launch in a time-row over the regular course. The second crew was given a start of a length and a half, but the first made the course in quicker time, 9ms., 20s., the second finished in 9ms., 37s. On the home stretch a further test was made, and this time the first Newell eight did 15 strokes in 22 seconds. The order of the first crew is as follows: Stroke, Brownell; 7, Blake; 6, Bullard; 5, Henderson; 4, Perkins; 3, Swain; 2, Morris: bow, Goodell...