Word: contestant
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...opportunity that the men had, therefore, for water work was the mediocre advantages which the tank offered, and so before the race with Cornell they had had very little chance for real work-outs under the real conditions. Nevertheless, when they lined-up at the start of their first contest, they were very well prepared for the time which they had had and were well on the way to the attainment of the unity which they showed after their training at Red Top had got well under way. In the most exciting and the closest race of the day they...
...river and this they did, holding regular practice until they went down to race the Princeton oarsmen in the Easter vacation. In one of the closest races seen in this country, as Professor Noyes put it: "A most extraordinary race," they lost by 6 inches. The result of this contest was to cause quite a radical shift in the crew. T. E. Stebbins '17, who had been at number five, came right out of the boat, as did K. B. G. Parson '16, at number two. They were both dropped to the second eight where Parson remained until...
...team again slumped and let Exeter score 17 runs to Harvard's 2. Groton was defeated 4 to 2, but Andover won on May 24, and on the 28th Morris Heights nosed out a 4 to 3 victory in a ten-inning contest at Cambridge...
...attack. Mahan came back in the box against Amherst, and won, 4 to 1. He struck out nine of the visitors, and allowed but five hits. Amherst's four errors played a heavy part in the Crimson scoring. In the following week, rain prevented the first Holy Cross contest, but at Princeton the University pulled out a 9 to 5 victory, Mahan's steady pitching again doing the trick. This game was the first of the three-cornered championship series. On May 24, the Dartmouth jinx was chased from Soldiers Field by a University victory...
...figures include the Tufts game, but not the last contest with Boston College. BATTING AVERAGES. g. a.b. r. b.b. b.b. s.b. av. Harte, 23 86 18 34 9 5 .395 Coolidge, 23 81 16 30 15 13 .370 Mahan, 14 44 4 15 3 6 .341 Beal, 17 58 8 16 7 5 .274 Knowles, 14 55 6 15 4 6 .271 Abbot, 23 86 22 22 7 8 .255 Nash, 23 91 12 19 13 8 .208 Percy, 18 60 9 12 13 1 .200 Bothfeld, 13 32 4 2 11 1 .062 Reed...