Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ever participated in any public athletic contest will deny that spontaneous applause for a good performance is an encouraging and inspiring evidence of sympathy. The most efficient cheer in the world is the sudden hush followed by the outburst which follows a really good play. To enable a large crowd to express its sympathy a certain amount of organization may be necessary, but in my opinion the good effect of organized cheering is greatly exaggerated. If there is to be organized cheering there are one or two essentials. In the first place there must be dash, enthusiasm, and speed...
...proceedings on the field by mechanical manifestations of approval or disapproval, and the risk that occasionally such well-meaning hordes of heelers, with their hectic cheers exceeding all bounds of legitimate applause, may drift into intentional preparations to secure victory by vociferation,--a poor way to lose the contest, to be sure, but a worse way to win it. This is the real mischief of the business,--not in the act itself, but in the exaggeration and ill-directed utilization. Such occurrences as the explosive demonstrations by yachts aligned upon the last mile of boat races, demonstrations strictly forbidden...
These are facts which speak for themselves. The contest was friendly from the start, and when it was over, there was neither condescension from Cornell nor bitterness from Harvard. If we are as broad-minded here at Harvard as our ideals would have us, we cannot fail to profit by the gentlemanly example of the men at Cornell who have proved themselves such excellent hosts. SENIOR...
...University baseball team defeated Georgetown on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon by a score of 8 to 3. The contest throughout was fast and very interesting, and the work of the University team at the end of the seventh inning, when the score stood 3 to 1 in favor of an opponent of more than average strength, was most encouraging...
...University golf team will play a team match with the Country Club this afternoon, over the Clyde Park course at Brookline. A hard contest is expected, for the Country Club team includes several of the foremost golfers in the state. The University players, however, are familiar with the course, and as they are all playing in good form and have made some low scores in practice rounds, the match should be well contested...