Word: contestant
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...final game for the interclass football championship will be played this afternoon between the Juniors and Sophomores at 4 o'clock on Soldiers Field. Both teams are in good condition and a hard contest is expected...
PHILADELPHIA, PA., Nov. 9, 1901. Harvard and Pennsylvania met on Franklin Field this afternoon for their annual football game. It was a beautiful day for the great contest and an immense crowd of spectators was within the enclosure. Referee McClung blew the whistle and called play at 2.08 o'clock. Harvard's supporters were full of confidence and they apparently had good grounds for their hope. Pennsylvania has not beaten Harvard since 1897, and this year Pennsylvania's eleven is far below the average. The air of over-confidence was apparent on all sides. The Harvard players outweighed Pennsylvania nearly...
...Camera Club has decided to have during the year two prize contests open to members. At the first contest, held on December 3, the photographs exhibited will be of the buildings and surroundings of the University. The object of this contest, which is to be held annually, is to obtain a record of the yearly growth of the University and to add to the collection of pictures used by Mr. Lane in his lectures on this subject. A copy of each prize picture will be retained by the club for the decoration of the club rooms. The prizes for both...
...very brief sketch of the origin and nature of our "modern system of athletic sports," which was introduced about 1812 by the Military College at Sandhurst, England, and compares the old Greek athletics,--their rules, methods and manners--with our own. Then follow several descriptions of ancient athletic contests as they have been recorded by Virgil--the boat races, the foot races, the wrestling contests, the sparring match and the archery contest of Anchises' funeral games. With these pictures of the Roman games and their standards of competition are contrasted descriptions of our modern college athletics and the contrast...
...club intends to offer medals for a competition open to members in February and to hold a contest with the University of Pennsylvania...