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...last event of the winter track season. As the purpose of this meet is to stimulate greater interest in track among the men who have not had any opportunity to compete this winter, all the events of the meet will be arranged with handicaps. The first string men will be set back a sufficient distance so that it will be difficult for them...
...tomorrow marks the end of the winter season, and will serve as a means of gaining experience for the handicap and interclass meets which will be held early in the spring. The purpose of the meet is to stimulate widespread interest in track, especially among the so-called second string men. With this purpose in view all the events of the meet will be arranged with handicaps...
...requirements, Harvard demands both History and Physics,--two difficult topics, in neither of which has the College Entrance Board ever deemed it expedient to pass many candidates. While the standard for History, in any one of its branches, is considerably higher than for Physics, the latter subject has a string attached to it in the shape of a laboratory examination which can only be taken at Cambridge. Certainly, these are exactions which must make the average sub-freshman think twice before applying for admission to Harvard...
...been on the team for the last two years, is the only man of first-class caliber who is reporting for practice. Several men have shown rapid improvement, however, and of these Harvey and Jeffries seem at present the most likely men to he retained as first string pitchers. Captain Fisher will again do the catching, and this end of the battery will be well taken care of. Stinson of last year's Freshman team will act as substitute for Captain Fisher...
Practice games are being held daily in the cage, and the first string infield seems to be fairly well settled. Kernan at first base, Murphy at second, Aldrich at shortstop, and Hickey at third base make a smooth working combination. Warren and Hawks are playing good ball, however, and stand a good chance of replacing some of the other men. The outfield has two veterans for a nucleus, Crane and Parsons, and there are several others out, of who Sloane, Eddy and Hoover seem to be putting up the best fight for third place...