Word: contest
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Preliminary trials will be held in the Assembly Room of the Union tomorrow evening, commencing at 7 o'clock. At these trials six or seven men will be retained to take part in the final contest in the New Lecture hall on Friday, December 17. Each man will make a five-minute speech in English upon the subject of the contest, "Resolved, That the French government should adopt an income tax in orders to distribute more equitably the burden of the taxation." The judges for the Preliminary trials will be J.S. Davis '08, A.N. Holcombe '07, P.B. Kennedy...
...greatest number of points. Regular practice is being held on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays under the direction of G. F. Evans 3G., ad C. L. Shrader. After Christmas the University gymnastic team will be chosen and will hold about ten exhibitions and meets ending with the intercollegiate contest in March. If sufficient interest is shown a Freshman gymnastic team will be organized...
...evident departure from the intent of the rule. Frequently, too, instructions are given as in baseball by the position of a coach or player on the bench. Given two teams of equal strength and equal equipment in the way of plays, and the modern football game thus becomes a contest of brains between two football strategists, in which the players are like the pieces in a chess game...
...pass such an uncertain and desperate expedient. The last game on Soldiers Field showed how seldom this play will be used as long as, it is hedged about by limitations which make it a mere last resource. Such a change would also satisfy those who want a more spectacular contest than the present rules encourage...
Yale opened her playing season on September 29 by defeating Wesleyan 11 to 0. The contest was characterized by the loose, disjointed play common to early season games. Philbin played full-back in the absence of Captain Coy and scored both touchdowns. On the following Saturday, Yale won a spectacular victory over Syracuse, the final score being 15 to 0. In this game a marked improvement over the form displayed in the Wesleyan game was noticeable. A successful forward pass, Howe to Vaughan was the feature of the game. The final mid-week game against Holy Cross was disappointing, owing...