Word: amateurs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...special dinner of the Speakers' Club on Tuesday evening at 6.30 o'clock. Colonel Thompson is a graduate of Annapolis and was chairman of the American committee for the Olympic games in 1912. As president of the New York Athletic Club he is one of the leading promoters of amateur athletics in this country. He is chairman of the executive committee of the Navy League of the United States and has taken a patriotic interest in naval affairs. He received his title of colonel as a member of the staff of the governor of New Jersey...
...Executive Committee of the Amateur Hockey League has officially adopted the rule that no player can be checked by another player unless he is actually playing the puck or within striking distance of it. This idea was introduced by Coach Winsor of the University and B. A. A. sevens and will tend to make the game faster and more spectacular. On recommendation of Coach Winsor it was further decided to establish a "neutral zone" about each goal, definitely fixing the distance a player may past forward from behind his goal and the distance he may come out to check...
...short there are just enough minor faults to give the amateur critic some fun and the staff and the company some work between performances. It is a well-balanced production of a good play. Those who see it will not only enjoy it, but remember it, and quote...
...play that is Harvard made, managed and acted is to be given by the Dramatic Club tonight. As an example of what the undergraduates can do in a field in which the University has a wide reputation, the play is interesting; as an amateur production of real merit it is worth while seeing; the undergraduate audience tonight should be a large...
...amateur-professional athletic carnival at Mechanics Building on Saturday night, Alfred Shrubb, British long-distance champion and coach of the University cross-country team, finished third in the ten-mile marathon race, 3 laps behind Coach Queal of the Yale cross-country team, who defeated Fitzgerald, the Australian runner by 5 yards. The time of the winner was 54 minutes, 39 3-5 seconds. F. T. Donahue uC., representing the B. A. A., finished third in the 600-yard run with a 4-yard handicap, his time being 1 minute, 20 seconds. W. H. Meanix '16 did not start...