Word: constantions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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UPHOLD THE REFEREE.- Unless a referee is sustained, and the constant. disputing of his decisions put a stop to, college foot ball may as well come to an end. -[Clipper...
...past has been that too much dependence has been placed upon one or two men for any particular sport, and the natural result was that, when they left college, there was no one to fill their place. Now that Mr. Lathrop will be in the gymnasium in constant attendance until spring, an opportunity will be afforded for regular instruction and systematic training, and it is hoped that new men will avail themselves of this privilege. Dr. Sargent showed a determination to do all in his power to assist the men in their drill. Mr. Lathrop will have the immediate charge...
...Yale loses some of her best men, while our nine will be nearly if not fully as strong as last year. Last spring it was generally admitted that our team was the strongest as far as individual players went; unity and steadiness in play was what was needed. With constant work in the gymnasium and faithful training during the winter on the part of every candidate for the nine, we can confidently look forward to as good a nine next spring as Harvard has had for many a year...
...very serious and only surmountable by longer experience, but the great aim of a crew eight months before its expected race should be to acquire the fundamental qualities absolutely necessary to effective rowing. These essential qualities are, ability to sit up straight, which can only be acquired by constant care and exercise, also the power to keep the shoulders back firmly when the body is forward on the full reach. If an oarsman negligently allows himself to overreach, his hold upon the water when first dipping his oar will prove to be jerky, consequently destroying that uniform steady sweep which...
...criticisms of the foot ball team a few days ago, we spoke of the necessity of training one man, and training him constantly, for the express purpose of kicking goals. The man selected for this important work should be out on Jarvis field practising hour after hour, kicking goals in every sort of wind and weather, from every part of the field, and under every circumstance likely to arise in a game. It is, of course, impossible at times to kick a goal successfully, and the college cannot, in all fairness, blame a man for doing the best he knows...