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WORK ON CHASE FIELD MOVES AHEAD RAPIDLY

June, 1923
Article
WORK ON CHASE FIELD MOVES AHEAD RAPIDLY
June, 1923

The development of the college property southeast of Memorial Field known as Chase Field, for the use of the Recreational Department, which was begun last fall and which has been recently resumed, will be completed in time for the use of the field next fall, according to an announcement made by the Recreational Department.

When completed, the property will be divided into four sections, two of these being laid out in the form of baseball diamonds, and two in the form of football gridirons. The property was plowed harrowed, seeded and rolled last fall, and during the past week work has been begun by surveyors, who are measuring off and laying out the fields.

The -fields will not be ready for use this spring, but will be used for recreational baseball and football next year. In addition to the four fields, a small corner of the property will be reserved for the use of track men practicing the hammer throw.

Chase Field was named after Stephen Chase '96, one of Dartmouth's great athletes. Mr. Chase was one of the forerunners of E. J. Thomson '22, winning the intercollegiate high hurdle championship in his senior year at Dartmouth.