Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Eleven members of the University baseball squad are now batting for better than .200 per cent. The hitting of Clark in the last few games has been remarkable, for he has risen from ninth in the list at .250 per cent to second place at .393. Following are the averages: a.b. r. h s.b. Per Cent Frye, 22 6 10 1 .454 Clark, 33 9 13 2 .393 Wingate, 58 19 20 10 .344 Nash, 62 17 21 5 .338 Ayres, 63 9 21 1 .333 West, 6 1 2 0 .339 Milh'nd, 33 3 9 4 .272 Osborn...
...Lampoon team is an example of vast incongruity, where sympathy enters into and prevents our appreciation of the comic. From Capt. Herter down through the whole board to Kettell at the bottom, it presents a pitiful mosaic of baseball inability. In lieu of anything better, H. G. Francke '14 has been secured to umpire...
...Boat Club became entangled with the Navy, spoiling the former's chances for victory. Despite a wonderful burst of speed from the Union Boat Club near the finish, Harvard went across the line 5 feet ahead. The time was 6 minutes, 40 and 3-5 seconds, almost 2 seconds better than her time in the first race...
...read that definite steps are being taken to establish a modern theatre for the exclusive use of the University. English 47 has outgrown its Workshop and it deserves a new one, big enough to meet its needs. This valuable course has been too long handicapped by insufficient equipment. Better dramatic training and a greater scope will be certain results of the building of the modern theatre for which satisfactory plans have been drawn. Nor will English 47 alone derive benefit from the new theatre. Many organizations which have hitherto been forced to stage their plays in club houses or halls...
Those who wish to see more rowing contests, on the theory that more races make for better crews and better sport, will approve the sending of the second University crew to the American Henley. No sport demands more strenuous training and yet has fewer formal contests than rowing--a condition that can be remedied by widening its scope. The resumption of interest and the re-entrance of a crew in the American Henley is good...