Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...most serious reproaches to which we lay ourselves open is our treatment of visiting teams. In many cases they arrive in Boston, where they remain until they leave for the field, and after the contest, they return at once to their hotel or train. Their managers make all arrangements for their entertainment, and they rarely receive any of the little courtesies which are reflected in the resulting better feeling between the teams and the institutions which they represent. It would be unfair to many past managers to say that there have been no exceptions to this indifferent attitude...
...first contest of the winter field event series, throwing the 45-pound weight, was won yesterday afternoon by P. D. Turner '09, with 3 feet handicap and a total distance of 34 feet, 1 1-2 inches. C. J. Nourse '09, 3 feet handicap, was second with a total of 33 feet; and J. Jones '09, 3 feet handicap, third with 31 feet. There will be two contests in each event, the first three places counting five, three, and one points, and the men scoring the most points in each event will win the cups offered by the Athletic Association...
...second contest of the series, putting the 16-pound shot, will be held in the Cage at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The following men have been entered and handicapped and will be expected to report: L. W. Bangs '08, 1 foot; L. Flanders '11, 4 feet; L. L. Forchheimer '09, 4 feet; C. Hann '11, 4 feet; C. C. Little '10, 1 foot; J. P. Long '11, 6 feet; B. T. Stephenson, Jr., '08, scratch. Additional entries may be made before each event at the Cage...
...expense of the Olympic committee, will materially lessen the expense of sending a dual team abroad, as representatives of Harvard and Yale will undoubtedly be chosen to form part of the American team. A portion of the funds, moreover, which were collected for the last international contest are still unused, and this fact will be a potent influence in completing the arrangements...
...first international intercollegiate meet was held in 1898, and was won by Oxford and Cambridge, the Englishmen winning five of the nine events. The second contest was won by Harvard and Yale in 1901 by the score of six events to three. During the next two years there was no contest, but in 1904 the four universities again met, Harvard and Yale again winning by the same score...