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During the past few days, owing to the illness of Mr. Graham, the track team candidates have been practicing under the direction of P. Dana '04. The new track inside the Stadium has been completed and although still soft, has settled and gives evidence of being very fast. New candidates are daily increasing the squad, but more men are needed in the field events, especially in the hammer throw and shot put. The distance men have abandoned running on the road for work on the track, while candidates for the shorter distances are being started with the pistol. Three take...
...tennis courts on Jarvis Field, although still very soft, were opened for play yesterday afternoon. Today they will be entirely raked over and rolled, and will probably be in condition for play by 11 o'clock. All the back stops have been repaired and are now in good condition: new wire netting has been put up in many places...
...tennis courts has been delayed by the frost and it will be impossible to have them in condition for play before next Wednesday. All the courts on Jarvis Field have been raked and fresh dirt added to make an even surface, but as the ground is still too soft for use, only two or three courts have been rolled. A new wire netting has been put in the centre backstop and the other two backstops are to be repaired. Work on the Holmes Field courts will be begun in about a week...
...account of the soft condition of the ice, the final game between the Sophomores and Juniors, to decided the interclass hockey championship, was not played on Saturday. The match has been postponed until the ice is in suitable condition...
...candidates for the track team had regular practice yesterday on Soldiers Field. The track was in good condition considering the wet weather but as the take-offs were still soft, the high-jumpers and pole-vaulters did not practice. The sprinters, hurdlers and quarter-milers practiced starts from the gun, the half-milers ran three laps, the milers six and the two-milers eight. Only a few of the shot-putters and hammer-throwers practiced on account of the soft condition of the field...